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UBS staff gone, ratings on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
UBS Global Asset Management are urgently looking to replace two portfolio managers of a three-man team who have now left the Small Companies Fund. Portfolio managers John Campbell, executive director, and Jeremy Bendeich, director, are now on 'gardening ...

Merger gets Japan FSA thumbs up

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
The $1.2 billion merger between TOWER Australia and Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company (Dai-ichi Life) continues after Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) gives the green light. The FSA has now approved the proposed acquisition of the remaining shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
The Australian stock market is tipped to open higher after a mostly positive lead from Wall Street, with the focus for the week ahead expected to be on sales figures due from two major retailers. Both Woolworths Ltd and Coles owner Wesfarmers Ltd are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, giving up ground during the morning following a flat start and despite a flat to positive lead from offshore. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 15.9 points lower at 4,868.3 points. Meanwhile ...

ASFA wants action on tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is heading to Canberra to lobby the Federal Government over capital gains tax relief, association chief Pauline Vamos told a packed Sydney luncheon yesterday. The organisation wants continued tax ...

Trustee fury prompts SMSF compo rethink

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The peak self-managed super fund association wants the law to be changed to allow compensation for their trustees as anger mounts over the Trio fraud case. Affected SMSF trustees are outraged that APRA-managed super fund members will be fully compensated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities indices flat to higher, and precious metals and oil also rising. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was four points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, weighed down by weakness in the industrials, metals and mining, and materials sectors. Construction giant Leighton Holdings' sharp decline after resuming trading, following a downgrade in its earnings guidance ...

FPA calls for naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
The Financial Planning Association has asked Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten to restrict the term 'Financial Planner' to members of an approved professional association only - and he has agreed to take it on board. The Association (FPA) has ...

All up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
True to form, the dip buyers came a-buying yesterday's dip. But there's something strange - really, really strange about last night's financial market action on Wall Street. The US stock market is up a little overnight because oil prices rebounded. ...