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FPA calls for naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... training or competence, unlike other professionals such as stock brokers. "There are 16,000 financial planners in this country, of which 8,000 are FPA members who are bound by our code," he said. "We estimate that 2000 planners are members of the accounting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Republicans. The Fed's Beige Book, issued around the same time, confirmed the economy was growing on a broad base around the country, though at an "only moderate" pace in many regions. The markets opened higher in the morning buoyed by JPMorgan's 67 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... from aluminium giant Alcoa in the United States and a weak lead from Wall Street saw investors focus on Japan after the country was jolted on Monday, a month after the March 11 tragedy, by a 6.6-magnitude quake. Japan was rocked again on Tuesday by two ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... 80 billion euros ($A109.56 billion), which would be linked to strict austerity measures. Portugal is the third eurozone country after Greece and Ireland to request a bailout and its plight has increased speculation that Spain - the fourth largest economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... stock markets and the euro were lower, taking a sharp knock on news of another powerful earthquake in Japan just as the country tries to recovers from its record shock last month. Dealers said investors had a lot of news to deal with - a eurozone rate ...

Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... tonight. Financial markets have been warned well ahead of time. Financial markets are also sanguine about Japan despite the country still threatened by nukes. As far as investors go, they'll just have to give up on sushi and sashimi in the meantime. ...

Board seats open for Women in Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... next lunch briefing is on June 28 with guest Elana Rubin, the chair of AustralianSuper, the largest super fund in the country.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... Investors Service on Tuesday downgraded Portugal's ratings by a notch from A3 to BAA1 and warned that it expected the country to have to seek outside help to resolve its debt problems. The markets increasingly believe that Lisbon will be forced to seek ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... the year." This was how Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glen Stevens explained his Board's decision to keep the country's official cash rate at 4.75 per cent yesterday. The local economy will be right mate! And so would the global one. But last ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... "Nothing can be done with the funds if they are frozen... you need to be careful who your clients are." Another African country on the brink of civil war is the Ivory Coast, the world's major supplier of cocoa. In the Middle East, the US is seeking the ...