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PROFILE: Centric Wealth CEO Phil Kearns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... himself a job selling life insurance for AMP - a job he did "very unsuccessfully". "With age comes credibility, and I was pretty young to be out there in those days selling insurance," he says. After 18 months, he moved to a job at Tooheys, working in ...

APRA to scrutinise group insurance risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... that, with regard to the plethora of requirements associated with the Stronger Super reforms, "the time of forbearance is pretty much coming to an end." He went on: "We realised that people were doing their best efforts to meet our standards, and we ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... years. Blythe explained that even with the surprise jump in inflation in December, the overall inflation rate has been "pretty well behaved overall", staying comfortably within the Reserve Bank's 2%-3% target range. However, he said that a splitting ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... board meeting was viewed by investors as a negative for the Australian economy. "The reason being, we have already seen a pretty sharp depreciation in the Aussie dollar, which has translated to an inflation risk for the Australian market," he told AAP. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... board meeting was viewed by investors as a negative for the Australian economy. "The reason being, we have already seen a pretty sharp depreciation in the Aussie dollar, which has translated to an inflation risk for the Australian market," he told AAP. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... session higher, with gold miners among the few to go backwards, following a slide in the gold price overnight. "We're looking pretty good across the board," he said. Among the big four banks, the Commonwealth was up 60 cents at $76.40, ANZ had gained ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... "Punters might. When something gets belted to within 10 inches of its life, to use an old expression, you've got to be pretty game to go and say, `Yes, it's at the bottom. I'll take a punt here'." Among the big four banks, Westpac lifted 14 cents to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... Thanksgiving holiday, the Australian market may lack much drive, he said. Both the US and Australian stock markets were looking pretty expensive at the moment, with prices above earnings expectations, Mr Esho added. Among the major banks, Westpac had ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... client adviser Michael Heffernan says investors are more concerned about taking profits. "The market's just performing pretty much in a normal day-to-day fashion - a bit up, bit down, not major movements," he said. "In the last couple of days, I'd say ...

ASIC to scrutinise The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... all. When asked about his general views on the industry fund movement, he told Financial Standard : "Industry funds do a pretty good job. Their fees are low, they've got a pretty good track record, but there's no secret... who their alliance is with. ...