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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after wall overnight closed up two per cent as upbeat US consumer spending figures lifted hopes that economic growth will pick up and Hurricane Irene caused less damage than feared. At 0714 AEST on Tuesday ...

Super funds mindshift imperative

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
The strength of the superannuation industry will come down to a mindshift of super funds, something that is already underway according to financial services software group, IQ Business Group. Super funds have reportedly begun moving towards a member-centric ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
Next stop: Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Lucky we're just a few hours away from the main event for I don't think I could take the suspense much longer. All eyes - or should I say, all ears - will be on US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke from the very ...

MLC to launch new flagship insurance product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
MLC is to launch a new insurance product in October, which it says will be their flagship offering. Duncan West, executive general manager of insurance, said Protectionfirst and MLC Personal Protection Portfolio are to be replaced by a newly engineered ...

Midwinter voted the planners choice

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
For the third consecutive year, Midwinter has been voted first for planner satisfaction in the latest Investment Trends report, in a year when the group expanded to 15% market share. Released today, the Investment Trends 2011 Planner Technology Report ...

Former AFA president gets Asia-Pacific appointement

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Former Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) President Dr James Taggart has been elected to the Board of the Asia Pacific Financial Services Association as an Australian representative. Dr Taggart, OAM, said he is honoured to have been nominated and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly higher on Tuesday, following a positive lead from Wall St and precious metals overnight. At 0700 (AEST) on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.09 US cents, up from 103.86 cents on Monday. Since 1700 (AEST) ...

SMSFs could use email for SuperStream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
Self-managed superannuation funds are likely to have to comply with SuperStream requirements, but they could use email for data transfer, an industry expert has said. The SuperStream requirements mean that from 2013 mandatory requirements for data transfer ...

US ceiling raised but underlying reasons remain

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
The US has avoided potential disaster and signed an agreement to cut fiscal expenditures and increase its federal debt ceiling, but nothing will change if the real issues cannot be addressed - an entire generation of underpaid Americans, said Clime ...

Ready to turn on the tap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
It could have easily been another down day on Wall Street overnight - but it wasn't. The Street's three major equity indices finished above the zero line while we slept, despite more stats giving credence to 'the US is heading for another recession' ...