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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... bourses before the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of the week. Tokyo fell 0.10 per cent, or 17.68 points, to 17,987.09 and Sydney lost 0.52 per cent, or 30.5 points, to 5,858.2. But Seoul gained 0.16 per cent, or 3.22 points, to 1,961.45, while Shanghai ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... 91.41 points, to finish at 18,004.77 - the first time it has been above the psychologically key level since July 2007. Sydney added 0.19 per cent, or 11.2 points, to 5,888.7 and Seoul was marginally higher, tacking on 0.73 points to 1,958.23. Shanghai ...

MSCI makes key hire to lead local ETF charge

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... market in Australia, with a special focus on retail distribution networks and self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Based in Sydney, he will report to MSCI executive director and head of client coverage in Australia and New Zealand, Michael Anderson. "We ...

Nikko AM managing director resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... spent 13 years with Merrill Lynch in a variety of Australian and international roles and four years with Deutsche Bank in Sydney and London, as well as four years as a chartered accountant with KPMG.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... end Ukraine's 10-month war, while confidence Greece would reach a debt overhaul deal with its creditors boosted the euro. Sydney rallied 2.33 per cent, or 133.90 points, to 5,877.5 as energy firms were boosted by a rebound in oil prices and the head ...

Stella Network ramps up support for women in financial planning

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... news for its members and supporters. On Wednesday night, the legendary Joan Sutherland Studio of the Opera Australia in Sydney was the backdrop to the first year celebration of the Stella Network, an initiative of BTFG to support women in financial planning. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... 0.50 per cent, or 15.71 points, to 3,173.42 while Hong Kong gained 0.44 per cent, or 107.13 points to 24,422.15. However, Sydney retreated 0.44 per cent, or 25.5 points, to close at 5,743.6 after data showed Australian unemployment at a 12-year high. ...

FSI proposal to ban LRBAs "draconian"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... against a complete ban of self-managed super fund (SMSF) borrowing to buy property. Speaking at an AFA GenXt roadshow in Sydney, Anderson referred to the FSI recommendation that superannuation funds could transfer their clients to income streams as they ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... Australia Assistant Governor (Financial Markets) Guy Debelle is slated to speak at the FX Week Australia Conference in Sydney. In equities news, Telstra, Mirvac, Transurban, ASX, Tassal and APN News & Media are among the companies expected to post half ...

Life insurance commissions must remain an option: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... doubt, but we should give appropriate consideration to other options available," Anderson said at an AFA GenXt roadshow in Sydney. A report by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on life insurance rated 45% of advice a failure ...