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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat as investors wait for the outcome of the Federal Reserve's meeting that will decide whether the central will start tapering its stimulus measures. At 0812 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
"Don't fight the Fed!" I re-introduced this old saying on Wall Street at the end of last week to characterise the financial markets' behaviour du jour. The S&P 500 surely doesn't want to -- it closed at another fresh record high last week...and could ...

AMP platforms soar, SMSFs dawdle

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Cashflow through AMP's platforms has more than doubled over the last year, according to figures released from the September quarter. AMP reported that net cashflow for Q3 2013 was $567 million, compared with $229 million in the corresponding 2012 quarter. ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Stronger, stronger, slowly getting stronger. Worldwide focus has been on the Fed and Washington over the past few months but that seems to have distracted some observers from seeing the positive developments across the Atlantic; though methinks Europe ...

Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
I'm highly certain that you didn't, but just in case you missed it, the All Ordinaries index has now reached its highest level since June 2008. The All Ords closed at 5,321 points yesterday, taking its overall gain this year to date up to 14.7% (18.6% ...

Cbus, FPA explain their referral deal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Cbus explain how their pilot professional advice referral service will work. First of all, it will run from January to June 2014 and be available to Cbus members in Queensland, South Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street that took the S&P 500 to a new all-time high and gave the Nasdaq a 1.3 per cent gain. At 0805 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up ...

Grandfathering pushes self-licensing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Uncertainty around the grandfathering provision of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulations has made a self-license more appealing for advisers looking to leave their dealer group. "Lots of licensees have restrictions in place that might not ...

DEXUS, Canada bid for Commonwealth Prop Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
DEXUS Property Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have joined forces in a bid to take over Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). DEXUS announced today that the consortium had made an indicative, non-binding proposal to Commonwealth ...

Midwinter adapts planner software to client profile

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
Midwinter has updated its AdviceOS software to enable clients to access a customised portal with different content, calculators, themes and graphics. The software provider presented the updates to its cloud-based software at a roadshow in Sydney. AdviceOS ...