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The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
And on the seventh day, they rested. After six straight days of non-stop selling, script hawkers took a breather. Yes, you read right - a breather - they'll be back again. There'll be more selling down the road. But this does not mean that I've given ...

ANU partners with CFA Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
CFA Institute has partnered with the Australian National University's Bachelor of Finance program so students qualifying for a major in Corporate Finance and Investment Management will receive recognition by the CFA. The CFA Institute said the degree ...

New talent celebrated with AFA award

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for its 2011 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award. The AFA's Rising star of the Year Award (Award) is designed to celebrate the talented newcomers in the world of financial advice. Established ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
Australian shares were slightly lower at noon as investors sit back after Thursday's worst one-day performance in a year. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.7 points, or 0.15 per cent, to 4,593.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Vision Super remains hopeful on Equip merger

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
Vision Super is confident that its merger with Equipsuper will still go ahead, despite fears that it was off after negotiations between the two hit some union hurdles, as reported by Financial Standard on May 26. "Vision Super will continue negotiations ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
It's all over the news, the Statistician will soon confirm that the Australian economy stumbled in the first quarter of 2011. All eyes would be glued to monitors everywhere when the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on the National Accounts ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
There's more negative news out overnight. What? There's more bad news out overnight. What? Can't hear you. Yes Virginia, if you're looking for reasons to sell there were big numbers out last night that on other days scream SELL! But Wall Street would ...

Equip and Vision merger in doubt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
The merger between Equipsuper and Vision Super appears to be off, after negotiations hit an unexpected hurdle yesterday. Equipsuper's chief executive officer, Danielle Press, confirmed to Financial Standard that the merger would not be completed in ...

Merged planning groups plot Snowball effect

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
Snowball Group and Shadforth Financial Group are driving the consolidation agenda with their merger which came about largely thanks to the matchmaking skills of financial planning industry stalwart John Godfrey. The two non-aligned financial advice ...

Shifts in Perpetual operations

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
Ratings house Standard & Poor's has put a Perpetual fund 'On Hold' on news that head of equities, John Sevior, has taken long-service leave. The Perpetual Wholesale Concentrated Equity Fund portfolio manager and head of equities, Sevior, will take a ...