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Market volatility making boomers nervous

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Baby boomers and their advisers are becoming increasing concerned about the effect of market volatility on traditional investments, according to a MetLife poll. MetLife's Market Volatility Poll, conducted in February of this year, included 520 financial ...

Trust Company eyes personal touch to build on growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Trustee services provider the Trust Company is aiming to overhaul its technology and IT systems to help increase engagement with personal clients after reporting a 13 per cent annual rise in EBITDA. Chief executive officer John Atkin attributed the ...

Adviser banned for life by ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Former WealthSure financial adviser, Brian William Veitch, has been banned for life from providing financial advice following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC alleges Veitch failed to comply with ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Have dip, will go shopping. To all dip-buyers everywhere, let's give three cheers to Standard & Poor's. Hip, hip... Fright over Standard & Poor's warning on America's sovereign credit rating vanished just as quickly as it appeared. Now that the credit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities markets flat to lower, while metals were mixed and oil fell. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 20 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
The Australian market has received a mostly positive set of leads from weekend offshore trading, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities prices ending firmer. At 0805 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. Securities markets were mixed and flat, precious metals were higher, and oil eased. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was three points ...

Investors gearing up again

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Financial advisers are increasingly on the lookout for new "stress-free" ways to introduce gearing to investor portfolios, according to Westpac Institutional Bank. The bank is developing a number of new investment strategies to suit the needs of self ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mostly positive set of leads from offshore, with Wall Street closing higher and oil prices settling firmer. But metals prices ended weaker. At 0733 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... under its EU-IMF bailout terms. Another rise in eurozone inflation -- to 2.6 per cent in March from 2.4 per cent in February -- appeared to make a European Central Bank interest rate rise a certainty at its meeting next week. In London, the FTSE 100 ...