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State winners named in AFA excellence awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Six state winners have been announced in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Excellence in Education Awards, with the national winner to be announced in October. The award, sponsored by Asteron, applauds independent financial advisers who continue ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today, after US markets fell for the fifth straight day while the US searches for a solution to its debt crisis. At 0649 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was nine ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
What's the final deal going to be? Will they, won't they? Sorry Virginia, not talking about the grand theatrics that is the US debt ceiling negotiations this time. Today, I refer these questions to our very own Reserve Bank of the Advance Australia ...

State Super CEO heads to Schroders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Chris Durack, chief executive officer of State Super, is leaving the fund to join Schroder Investment Management as a director in the senior management team. Durack will stay with State Super until October and join Schroders later that month. "Funds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower today, after Wall Street eased overnight on lingering concerns over debt on both sides of the Atlantic. At 0701 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract was down seven ...

BTIM extends global presence with $10bn manager buy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
BT Investment Management will reduce its reliance on Australian revenues by acquiring London-based J O Hambro Capital Management in a $314 million deal that gives it access to a host of new markets. J O Hambro Capital Management is a boutique active ...

Institutional appetite for RMBS behind lender acquisition

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
ASX listed Firstfolio has agreed to acquire non-bank mortgage lender Calibre Financial Services amid plans to tap the growing demand from institutional investors to take part in residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) issues. Firstfolio, a mortgage ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
A significantly wounded retail sector continued to bleed the Australian share market into the red at noon on Thursday. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.6 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 4,498.2 while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is receiving a sharp boost from trading offshore overnight, after Wall Street surged on positive US economic data and commodities prices rose strongly. At 0719 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Advisory firm directors may challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
Two Seagrims directors are considering a legal challenge to a three-year ASIC ban imposed after clients lost money in funds associated with the Trio Capital superannuation fund fraud. ASIC said on Tuesday it was holding financial advisers to account ...