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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... may yet avoid a financial catastrophe. "We're getting some punch after the pinch," Bell Potter Brisbane senior adviser Stuart Smith said. "The trade surplus is higher than expected, which will be a boon for our resources companies." At 1203 AEDT on Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... sour mood. "We seem to have taken exception to comments by some investment banks in the US," Bell Potter client adviser Stuart Smith said. "There's also more concerns about funding for our banks after (Commonwealth Bank) paid above the odds for their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at 100.27 US cents, down from 100.83 at 1700 on Tuesday. HiFX senior trader Stuart Ive said the local currency was being driven by generally pessimistic sentiment from the eurozone, despite some positive statements ...

Zurich names NSW regional life sales mngr

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Zurich Financial Services' NSW senior business development manager, Stuart Meyers, has been promoted to NSW regional sales manager for life risk to build Zurich's adviser network. To date, Meyers was responsible for managing adviser relationships and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... cheered initiatives from a number of central banks to lower short-term borrowing rates to banks. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the offshore rally had been the catalyst for the local market. The positive start had pushed the Australian ...

MLC scoops three ex-AXA for retirement team

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
Shaune Egan, Stuart McGregor and Joachim Lumbroso are rejoining their former AXA colleague, MLC's current Retirement Solutions general manager, Andrew Barnett, at MLC. Joining the Retirement Solutions team of ten people, Egan has been appointed MLC ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... in six weeks as ongoing debt problems in the US and Europe dampen risk sentiment on global markets. HiFX senior trader Stuart Ive said a raft of negative headlines last night pushed world financial markets lower and weakened risk currencies like the ...

Mercer highlights allocation dangers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... global recession. "The risks are elevated and the pivotal role politics is playing makes predictions difficult," said David Stuart, head of Mercer's Dynamic Asset Allocation team in Australia and New Zealand. "Portfolios should be sitting in the middle ...

Aberdeen focuses on evolving market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Stuart James, senior investment specialist at Aberdeen Asset Management, has been promoted to new role as deputy head of distribution with plans for a possible expansion of Aberdeen products to the retirement market. Already in the new role, James is ...

IMAs not a product but a business model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... product but a whole new business model that could help make advisers future-proof, according to Financial Simplicity's Stuart Holdsworth. Holdsworth said managed accounts, and especially individually managed accounts (IMA) which are akin to personalised ...