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AFA launches 2014 mentoring program

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... exposed to content from the AFA's masters-level Fellow Chartered Financial Practioner designation (FChFP) as part of the materials provided. For aspirants, the mentoring program covers areas such as how to generate referrals, how to engage clients, how ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... released, and the bureau of statistics publishes its wage price index for the March quarter. In company news, building materials company Adelaide Brighton holds its annual general meeting. The market on Tuesday rose, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... cents at $37.45, Rio Tinto down 79 cents at $60.71 and Fortescue Metals was 3.5 cents weaker at $4.765. Construction materials companies were weaker, with Boral down 18 cents at $5.34, James Hardie down 35.5 cents at $13.745 and Fletcher Building 27 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... the banks, as much of a positive day as they are going to have, it's probably not going to offset the pressure on the materials." Despite its profit growth, ANZ was down 22 cents at $34.25, Westpac had fallen 25 cents to $34.87, National Australia Bank ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... it'll be pretty flat until we get a better idea as to where China's GDP is printing," he said. "Particularly in the materials space, there will be a bit of caution until we get that number." BHP Billiton was four cents lower at $37.72 after it announced ...

AMP Capital launches new adviser research tool

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... website, the Adviser Resource Centre provides financial advisers with easy access to a wide range of education-based materials and tools. The content addresses a variety of investment concepts and themes from basic asset class education through to the ...

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... world; and they have a major home bias. On the ASX All Ordinaries, 41.9% is taken up by the financial sector and 17.2% is materials. The third biggest sector is consumer staples, at 7.6%. Few developed economies have this sort of sector dominance. Less ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... "Technology shares are getting pretty hammered this morning but, given we are so heavily weighted towards the financials and materials sectors, the Aussie market should hold up relatively well today," he said. Jobseeker site SEEK, down 56 cents to $16.14 ...

SMSFs still under-invested in global shares

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... offer in local shares are attractive, Tuck said this advantage is diluted by concentration risk, with financials and materials companies accounting for 60% of the total market capitalisation. "Banks now operate in a lower credit growth environment and ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... weekend, which raised concerns that the world's second-largest economy is slowing. Since China is a big consumer of raw materials and energy, commodities such as copper and iron ore have dropped sharply. Copper has fallen to its lowest level since 2010 ...