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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on international bourses amid hopes US political leaders will agree on a debt reduction plan to avoid the looming fiscal cliff of spending cuts and tax hikes which could send America ...

Male clients miffed with advisers

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Clients' satisfaction with their financial adviser has declined over the last six months, largely driven by men, according to the latest Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index. It is the first time since 2007 when the survey was started ...

Professional membership sees advisers paid more

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Financial planers who belong to a professional body earn more money, research shows. Research house Investment Trends surveyed 845 financial planners in October this year, and found that Financial Planning Association (FPA) members earn 33% more than ...

BTIM launches emerging market strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
BT Investment Management has launched a new emerging market fund to be made available to Australian investors. The BT Global Emerging Markets Opportunities fund comes from London-based boutique investment house JO Hambro Capital Management, which BTIM ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
You gotta love this daily market watching. There's plenty of moving variables that no one knows for sure which way to jump. Yesterday it began with worries about the cliff, followed by worries about another looming recession in Japan as its economy ...

Another Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser banned

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
ASIC has permanently banned a former Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited financial planner from providing any financial services after it found he forged client signatures and failed to comply with financial services laws. Ricky David Gillespie ...

Bloomberg revamps TV+ iPad app

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Bloomberg's TV+ iPad app - the world's highest-rated video app - was recently updated to include live TV network for Bloomberg TV Asia, and shows from its Asia line-up including: First Up, Asia Stars, Asia Voyagers, and Asia Edge. The upgraded app combines ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Year-to-date exchange traded product (ETP) flows have surpassed the total amount recorded in 2011, according to BlackRock Investment Institute's October ETP Landscape report. Flows of $192.3 billion have already been recorded this year. Last year's ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... its first interest rate cut back in May this year. The All Ords posted a 10.3% appreciation in the year to the end of October -- a significant improvement from the 0.6% gained in the first five months of 2012. However, and perhaps an indication of on-going ...

Three chances to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... - slowing for a hard landing... again? Markit Economics' services PMI for the UK remains in expansion level - 50.6 in October - though this is a 22-month low and down from 52.2 reading of the previous month. And back home, the AIG/CBA Performance of ...