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Former Wallaby Kearns resurfaces at insurance broker

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... executive of Centric Wealth. Kearns has over 10 years' experience leading financial service organisations, before taking the top job at Centric Wealth, he held a number of senior positions across divisions at Investec. Prior to his business career, he ...

Perennial fund rated by Lonsec, Zenith

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... allowing for full participation in market upswings," Zenith said. The fund has a bias towards ASX-listed stocks outside the top 20, with the portfolio focused on quality companies producing longer-term yield and franking benefits. The IPO is managed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... all ends and people are trying to ride it as long as they can," Mr Reynolds told AAP. Consumer discretionary stocks are the top performers, with retailer Harvey Norman nine cents, or 2.1 per cent, higher at $4.37, JB Hi-Fi up 23.5 cents at $18.635 and ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
While US federal and state governments explore ways to boost private savings among Americans and introduce fiduciary standards for advisers, a major association has said a more important step is introducing financial literacy training into school curriculum. ...

Out with the old in with the newer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... 2.0% gain - marking the fifth month in the past seven that this indicator has been falling. But never you mind Virginia, the top line orders numbers are highly volatile made so by the high prices of big ticket transportation items - planes and boats ...

Finance dominates top Australian companies list

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Finance, superannuation and insurance companies continue to feature prominently in IBISWorld's Top 1000 Australian companies report. Aside from the big four banks, which retain their place in the top 10, there were a further 134 financial and insurance ...

Australia missing out on $34.5bn tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... to which digital technologies penetrate companies and national economies. The country scored 52.7 out of 100, compared to top ranked Netherlands on 75. Accenture estimates that if Australia improved its performance by 10 points, it could lift annual ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... referendum guaranteed before the end of 2017." Opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband won't Brexit but proposes to increase the top income tax rate to 50% plus a levy on bankers' bonuses, among others. Mark Carney's life may just become less easy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... British government, but Europe's other markets were muted before a US interest rate decision. The benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed 1.57 per cent higher at 6,945.20 points after British finance minister George Osborne raised the country's ...

Legg Mason Brandywine fund awarded top rating

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... Trust has been awarded a 'Highly Recommended' rating from research house Zenith. The product was the only one to achieve the top rating in Zenith's 2015 sector review of global fixed income funds. "Zenith finds the Fund appealing due to the immense experience ...