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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... fears the Fed will begin cutting monetary stimulus. Official data showed the 17-member eurozone stuck in recession for a sixth consecutive quarter in the first three months of 2013. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares ended 2.12 per cent lower ...

Govt sharpens knife with Swiss tax treaty

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... quoted by the Assistant Treasurer, Switzerland was Australia's fifth biggest direct foreign investor (A$23 billion) and sixth largest investor overall (A$42 billion) in 2011. In the same year, Australian foreign direct investment in Switzerland amounted ...

Australian companies 20 years off ESG reporting standards: ACSI

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... 'comprehensive' this year, almost half of ASX200 companies are still rated at a level of 'no reporting' or 'basic reporting'. In the sixth study of its kind, ACSI found that whilst the percentage of companies reporting to a level of 'detailed' or 'comprehensive' ...

Nominations open for AFA Excellence in Education award

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened the nominations for the sixth AFA Excellence in Education Award, which recognises advisers committed to lifelong learning. Nominations close on May 24 with the first round of interviews being held ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten indicated that Labor plans to "improve" super at the sixth Super Roundtable held yesterday as part of the Gillard Government's reform agenda. Shorten hosted the roundtable that brought ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... However, Westpac fell five cents to $26.45. Billabong shares are in a trading halt after the troubled retailer received its sixth takeover bid in less than 12 months. The surfwear company will resume trading at 1100 AEDT. National turnover was 170.4 ...

New retail manager for Franklin Templeton

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... have responsibility for national key accounts and dealer group relationships in NSW, the ACT and Queensland. This is the sixth new hire Franklin Templeton has made this year as part of the build out of its Advisory Services team dedicated to servicing ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... there's more. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index rose to 41 in October - the sixth straight month of increase and the highest since June 2006 - from 40 in the previous month. And there's more - told you it's ...

Annuities lead US advice requests

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... times financial advisors receive requests from their clients for annuities, an increase of more than 15%. The product ranked sixth in 2011," said Donnie Ethier, senior analyst at Cerulli. But although annuity awareness is growing in the US, Cerulli said ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... the recession of the early 1990s was during 2000-01 and 2008-09." "The Australian" added that, the August number is "the sixth consecutive month it has been below 100, its long-run average." OMG! Two thousand one was the time the music died for the dotcoms ...