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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... blue chips rose 3.2 per cent, hitting three-week highs, as advancing global equities and Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered's forecast-beating earnings fuelled investor confidence. The Hang Seng Index ended up 769.09 points, at 24,483.84. WELLINGTON ...

More education for SMSF auditors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... measures, placing increased importance on the independence of auditors of SMSFs." Reflecting this need, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (The Institute) with CPA Australia and the National Institute of Accountants has released a list ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... rose 1.5 per cent to hit its highest closing level in six weeks as forecast-beating results from Asia-focused Standard Chartered lifted banks and financial stocks. The FTSE 100 closed up 87.9 points at 6,087.4. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6985.97 ...

Post sub-prime, ethics more crucial than ever: CFAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
Australia has just hosted its first ever board meeting for the chartered financial analysts (CFA) institute who are here to talk about what they need to do to keep up with growing demand for their professional qualifications. "Domestically the CFA brand ...

Asia's de-coupling is on track

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... quarter of last year, despite a plunge American exports belies those who doubt Asian economies cannot decouple. Standard Chartered expects emerging Asia will grow by an average of 6.4 per cent in 2008, down from 7.8 per cent in 2007. By comparison, during ...

China's investor confidence crisis

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... before the Olympics actually starts in August. What's fuelling these worries, said Shanghai-based economist at Standard Chartered Bank Stephen Green is growing consensus among investors and analysts alike that Chinese stock prices have risen too sharply ...

Szondy joins Frontier

... said Frontier Investment Consulting's managing director, Fiona Trafford-Walker. Szondy is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia and a fellow of the Association of Superannuation Funds in Australia ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... Australia have piloted the system, which will become available locally from December 17. BNP Paribas, Dexia Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Clearstream, Manifest, ISS and Broadridge are among those that have signed up. "Voting is probably the only event ...

Reinventing financial planning

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... the financial planning industry goes through a fundamental structural reform and gets rid of commission-driven fees. Chartered accountant Robert M.C. Brown has written a discussion paper debunking some of the popular myths about why ordinary Australians ...

Product-based fees create conflict

... for as long as 'product-based' remuneration models exist, according to discussion papers released by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). The Institute has used an industry forum of wealth professionals, product manufacturers ...