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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer amid broad-based gains as local market players took their cues from a positive night on Wall Street. At 1030 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.7 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 4,369.7 points, while the ...

QLD adviser cops five year ban

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
ASIC has banned Brisbane adviser Janeece Norma Giraldo from providing financial services for five years after she failed to comply with a number of Australian financial laws. Giraldo has been a director of WIN Financial Network since 1993. She was also ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
This is because for every up move, there lies that nagging feeling that it's the calm before the storm and it's only the hope, the prayer and the wish that the Fed and the ECB and the PBOC and the BOJ and the BOE and the RBA et. al. would hand us a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the US bourses posted solid gains following jobless claims and housing construction data indicated economic growth. At 0755 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Don't bother reading today about what Wall Street did last night - it didn't. 'Twas another DD (dull day) folks. Nothing new -- just that what's now become a too familiar refrain of investors fearing slowing global growth counterbalanced by hope that ...

CFS names new executive manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
The Commonwealth Bank's group executive wealth management, Annabel Spring today announced the appointment of Linda Elkins as the new executive general manager of Colonial First State. Prior to her new role, Elkins was general manager of marketing and ...

Aust Ethical partners with Russell

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Australian Ethical Super has appointed global asset manager Russell Investments to deliver administration services to the fund's 14,000 members. Modern and scalable technology was a major draw card for Australian Ethical's choice of Russell Investments ...

FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
A new initiative has been unveiled that will see financial advisers repay their entire commissions on life insurance if a policy lapses in the first year. The Financial Services Council (FSC) will spearhead the claw-back system, which could see advisers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket opened sharply lower following gloomy leads from markets overnight and disappointing earnings results in the US. At 1010 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 37.7 points, or 0.91 per cent, at 4,095.5 ...

Former investment company director pleads guilty

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
Former Queensland-based director of the purported investment company Tanoak Pty Ltd, Tania Michele Oakley has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges following an ASIC investigation. ASIC alleged that between March 6, 2007 and April 16, 2007, Oakley ...