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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has pushed higher, following gains in the US and Europe. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the market was taking its lead from the US and Europe, where markets finished higher overnight. "I think we are just tracking some ...

Movers and shakers

Surprise exit for van Eyk asset consulting team Van Eyk's three person asset consultant team has left the company, the company has confirmed. Head of asset consulting Jonathan Ramsay and asset consultants Fil Andronaco and Jonathan Tolub resigned their ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
The largest fall by BHP shares in five months is dragging the share market lower. After confirming plans to offload its aluminium, manganese, nickel and silver assets into a new company, BHP shares fell heavily, dropping $1.56, or 3.9 per cent, to $38.12 ...

IOOF completes SFGA buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
IOOF has effectively completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares in SFG Australia, following the buyout proposal made public in May. As part of the scheme of arrangement, SFGA shareholders could elect to receive IOOF shares only or a cash alternative ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market is higher, following strong leads from the US and Europe. CMC markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said an engaging of concerns over the situation in Ukraine had helped boost global market sentiment. Wall Street's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after US stocks rallied on the back of fading fear about a clash between Russia and Ukraine forces. At 0656 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 5,554. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
The share market is flat as disappointing earnings from National Australia Bank and gold miner Newcrest offset gains in the retail and energy sectors. "Corporate results have dominated the early morning headlines," CMC Markets sales trader Niall King ...

Skaffold appointment signals assault on SMSF market

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Stock research company Skaffold.com has appointed Trevor Clisby to lead its expansion into financial services and self-managed super fund (SMSF) administrator markets. Clisby's title is head of wholesale markets. He has over 25 years of financial markets ...

Giving through PAFs back to pre-crisis level

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
New donations into tax effective Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs), have risen 16% to $354 million in the year to 30 June, surpassing pre-crisis levels, according to the annual JBWere Giving Trends Report. The total number of PAFs is up 13.5% to 1,246 ...

Consumers have no loyalty to financial institutions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
The average Australian customer of each of the major banks deals with more than four institutions across their full range of financial services. This shows there is little loyalty towards any one institution, Roy Morgan has concluded. Of the ten major ...