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Adviser obligations need to be institutionalised: AFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... Financial, according to the head of the AFA. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) GenXt Roadshow in Sydney this morning, Richard Klipin said the industry needed to be clear about what was needed to raise the standards of the profession. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... damp down the value of its surging currency. Tokyo lost 0.13 per cent at the close, or 11.68 points, to 8,917.52 while Sydney shed 0.5 per cent, or 21.8 points, to end at 4,274.2. Seoul closed 0.43 per cent up, with the benchmark KOSPI index adding 8.46 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... about Greece's unresolved debt crisis are a concern. Tokyo was up 1.10 per cent, or 97.27 points, at 8,929.20 on Monday, Sydney added 1.05 per cent, or 44.8 points, at 4,296, while Seoul gave up earlier gains to close flat, inching 0.79 points higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... huge debts, while Wall Street gave a mixed lead. On Friday, Tokyo slipped 0.51 per cent, or 44.89 points, to 8,831.93, Sydney fell 0.39 per cent, or 16.6 points, to 4,251.2 and Seoul shed 0.60 per cent, or 11.98 points, to 1,972.32. Hong Kong was flat ...

Financial services digging deep for FICAP

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... number of major funds management, advice, platform and banking groups. This year's concert is being held at the The Metro in Sydney on Wednesday March 21st. Rainmaker Group, publishers of Financial Standard and Rainmaker iTV is the official RockStar ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... overplayed, according to David Urquhart, portfolio manager of the Fidelity Asia Fund. Speaking at a Fidelity briefing in Sydney this week, Urquhart pointed to recent IMF projections of 8.2% in Chinese growth for this year as not qualifying as a landing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... was some hope that a recovery could be back on track. Tokyo gained 0.76 per cent, or 67.03 points, to close at 8,876.82, Sydney added 1.0 per cent, or 42.1 points, to 4,267.8 and Seoul was 1.26 per cent higher, putting on 25.06 points to 1,984.30. Hong ...

Eyes turn to monetary policy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... 2012. Gibbs was speaking at the 2012 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, which attracted over 1400 delegates in Sydney and Melbourne this week. The high calibre line-up of chief economists included Dr Bob Baur, chief global economist for Principal ...

Asia vital for Aus business: Harcourt

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... Australia's economic position in a global context was up for discussion at the Financial Standard's Chief Economist Forum in Sydney and Melbourne this week. Speaker Tim Harcourt, chief economist for Australian and Global Economics at the UNSW Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher following a strong positive lead from both the US and Europe overnight. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 49 points at 4,242. In economic news on Thursday ...