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Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... that Standard & Poor's "downgraded a broad swath of Italian banks, citing worries that the recession in the euro zone's third-largest economy could mean mounting losses for the country's lenders" (AFR) failed to dampen the markets' mood. Or is this another ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... Department said. Most analysts expected 100,000 jobs would be gained and the jobless rate to hold at 8.2 per cent for a third straight month. LONDON - European stocks closed higher, rebounding strongly from the previous day's heavy losses, with London's ...

FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... on a tiered commission claw-back system. If the policy lapses within the second year, advisers will repay 75%, and in the third year, 50% of the commission paid. Advisers will then be able to place clients on a more suitable product if they want to recoup ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... were mixed, with US stocks lower but bourses in London and Paris higher. Wall Street equity markets closed in the red for a third straight day, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average 32.55 points, or 0.25 per cent, lower at 12,976.13. The S&P 500-stock ...

Direct investors prefer scaled advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Almost 60% of direct investors are interested in scaled advice, with the majority of those preferring to receive that advice from a financial adviser rather than their super fund. These were among the findings of CoreData survey results released today ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... euro rose to $US1.2316 from $US1.2259 in New York late Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets generally closed higher, their third consecutive positive session, as traders look for new stimulus measures from European and US central banks. Tokyo stocks closed ...

Cormann criticises trust reform delay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... pushbacks had already scared off stakeholders. "Our fifth Assistant Treasurer in less than five years is now presiding over the third delay of these important reforms in less than a year," Cormann said. "Labor's mismanagement of the consultation process ...

Julius Baer, BOC in private wealth JV

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... double by 2015. Boris Collardi, chief executive of Julius Baer said emerging markets, which currently account for around a third of the company's assets under management, were likely to make up more than half by 2015. In the first half of 2012, the group ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... down 0.63 per cent at 5,629.09 points. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with triple-digit losses for the third straight day, down 104.14 points, or 0.82 per cent, at 12,617.32. Cameron Securities client adviser Henry Jennings said fears ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... earnings at home and a weak manufacturing report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with triple-digit losses for the third straight day, down 104.14 points (0.82 per cent) at 12,617.32. The S&P 500 fell 12.21 points (0.90 per cent) to 1,338.31 ...