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AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Major accountant-based financial advisory firms including Count Financial, PIS and Securitor have formed a new alliance in response to draft proposals from the accounting ethical standards board banning its members from charging asset-based fees from ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... didn't help the negative find any. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 66.5 in July - the lowest since August 2009 -- from 76 the previous month. Markets expected only a small dip to 74. The current conditions ...

Finance lends hand to Operation Smile

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
ANZ, AMP Capital, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, UBS and Westpac were among the local financial services providers that supported the launch of Operation Smile Australia, a charity that helps children from developing countries who suffer from facial ...

Saved by BP and Goldman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Oil spill? Checked. Lawsuit? Checked. The resolution of these two uncertainties powered Wall Street into a positive close after spending most its trading day worrying about weak economic data at home. Oil spill plugged. BP shares surged by 7.6 per cent ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
h no! Wall Street has run out of puff. Wall Street ended flat overnight after seesawing for much of the trading day. In case you start getting an attack from the jitterbug once again, have no fear... nothing much has really changed. After six days of ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
With Wall Street's attention turned to profits, profits and profits - and strong ones at that - the celebration in the equity markets rolls. The Street turned in another strong performance while we were sleeping - and so did Europe. A reaction from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
The Australian market is likely to open higher after another surge on overseas markets overnight. Key indices were higher, as was oil and copper, although silver and gold were lower. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
It took Wall Street a full day to convince itself that there must be something in the sharp turnaround in Asian and European equity markets the other day. US equities rose only about half a per cent the day the others jumped between 2 per cent and almost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
The Australian share market lost around 0.7 per cent in opening trade, touching a fresh 12-month low on a weak European lead as local investors awaited the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision later on Tuesday. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark ...

ESSSuper drops VFMC for Towers Watson

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
The $15 billion Victoria-based ESSSuper has appointed Towers Watson as its new investment adviser for the fund's accumulation assets, terminating its previous contract with VFMC, which will still be the adviser for the fund's defined benefit investments. ...