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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
Australian shares have opened flat as traders wait to see if the market surpasses a 19-month high reached after the New Year. At 1014 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.6 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4,748.0 and the broader All ...

Business as usual at Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
In the wake of several high-profile redundancies across the global organisation, Mercer has said that it is business as usual for its Australian asset-consulting arm. It was revealed at the end of last year that Mercer was abandoning a three-year-old ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... consistent with retaining the triple-A". He was referring, of course, to the 13th hour deal on the fiscal cliff last 2 January - the spending cuts negotiations portion of which has been postponed to next month and the lifting of the ever-rising debt ...

AMP names new Genesys boss

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
AMP Financial Services has appointed Paul Robertson as managing director of Genesys Wealth Advisers. Robertson was previously chief executive of Tynan Mackenzie and was heavily involved in integrating the business with ipac following a merger. Prior ...

Colonial First State wins $500m in Russell mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has been handed $500 million worth of mandates across Australia, the US and Canada after Russell Investments included it on its Global Listed Infrastructure multi-manger platform. Colonial First State Americas ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
"Problems, problems, pro-o-o-o-blems They won't be solved until I'm sure of you-o-ou..." -Everly Brothers That's' right dynamite, the myriad of problems in the financial markets that haunted investors everywhere appears to have gone the way of 2012 ...

New super fund launch by SA Govt

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
Super SA Select, a new SA government super fund which commenced on 1 January 2013 is targeting young workers, part-time and casual public sector employees. Designed to provide SA public sector employees with more choice for their super, Super SA members ...

New Westpac director to start in Feb

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
Former chairman of Allens law firm, Ewen Crouch will start as an independent non-executive director on Westpac Banking Corporation's board from February this year. Crouch has headed Allens' board since 2009, and is recognised as one of Australia's best ...

MAIB appoints Towers Watson to manage $1.2bn in investments

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Peter Roche, CEO of the Tasmanian-based Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB), recently announced the appointment of Towers Watson as the asset consultant for its $1.2 billion investment portfolio following a robust tender process. Commencing in January  ...

Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
As 2012 comes to a close, the Financial Standard team would like to thank you for your continued readership and support. We reached several milestones in 2012, namely the launch of the: * FS Private Wealth: Journal of Family Office Investment ( www.fsprivatewealth.com.au ...