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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
The Australian stock market was slightly higher at noon after the September consumer price index (CPI) released mid-morning was lower than expected, making a November rate rise less likely. At 1210 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.9 points ...

Schroders adds to sales team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Schroder Investment Management Australia Limited has expanded its sales team with the appointment of a new institutional client director and research relationship manager. Kerrie Howard has joined the company as institutional client director, based ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with European equities markets strong, while Wall Street was flat to mixed. Commodities were lower and the US dollar rose. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0702 AEDT, the ...

CommInsure adds to wholesale underwriting team

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
After an extensive market search, CommInsure has appointed ING's former group risk underwriting manager to manage its wholesale underwriting team. After 5 years at ING, Huw Parry will be take up the position of executive manager, wholesale underwriting ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial markets believe. The only question now is how and how big. ...

Fed bearing gift of QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
Don't fight the Fed! This adage has been with us for some time now and it's back again doing the rounds in the financial markets. Yes, Virginia. The chorus for QE2 keeps growing louder that Wall Street - and the world - appears to be just waiting for ...

Cheap talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
It was another ho-hum day on Wall Street last night. Nothing much was expected, nothing much transpired. US stocks ended flat in light trading activity as the bond market and government offices closed in celebration of the day Christopher Columbus came ...

Adviser departures expected after PIH listing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Professional Investment Holdings (PIH) shareholders will meet late next month to vote on the proposed merger with Centrepoint Alliance and group managing director Grahame Evans said they are anticipating they could lose advisers in the process. PIH ...

AAT upholds ASIC adviser ban

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld ASIC's decision to ban Joshua David Fuoco from providing financial services for five years, after he engaged in deceptive conduct, including providing defective documents to clients. ASIC banned Fuoco from ...

AMP and Bendigo Bank align

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
AMP Financial Services has formed a strategic alliance with Bendigo Bank, making AMP Flexible Lifetime Protection available across the bank's 460 branches. In a move illustrating AMP's plans to access and broaden its distribution reach of wealth solutions ...