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BT: product strength will defend market share

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... champion of non-aligned advice. Count Financial chief executive Andrew Gale said the Commonwealth Bank would respect its independence, so nothing would change for BT. When asked whether future business would be channeled towards Commonwealth Bank provided ...

US S&P president replaced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... climate of the GFC. "Today, S&P is a stronger company, whose 1,300 global analysts are sharply focused on the quality, independence and transparency of S&P's research and analytics." McGraw also welcomed Peterson to the new position. Prior to his current ...

ASIC jobs cut as responsibilities rise

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... the UK's Financial Services Authority, it would have a more stable funding source which would possibly enhance its independence. A spokesman for Treasurer Wayne Swan said that since Labor had come to Government, funding and staffing levels at ASIC had ...

Big six use advisers for sales while clients confused on independence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Financial advisers aligned to major wealth-management firms are continuing to direct the majority of the funds they establish to their parent fund manager, a study released today by Roy Morgan Research has found. The Superannuation and Wealth Management ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... had driven early gains on the market, but that momentum had been lost by noon. Wall St was closed overnight for the Independence Day public holiday in the US. "We've seen that positive move start to fade at the moment and the Asian markets are mostly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... Ordinaries index rose 22.5 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 4,670.4. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed overnight for the Independence Day public holiday. On Friday, US stocks jumped sharply higher, closing out the best week in two years and starting the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... 48 hours, with these two key votes getting through," she said. The immediate focus of the market going into the US Independence Day long weekend would be the US June manufacturing data tonight. Ms Ong said local data released on Friday, including a performance ...

van Eyk calls for pay for ratings disclosure

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... Eyk CEO Mark Thomas. "This would be akin to a wealth warning to unsuspecting investors whose default assumption is independence between product promoter/manufacturer and the advisor providing recommendations under the Statement of Advice. "Our role is ...

Software speeds up SMSF creation

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... said OneVue Head of Sales Stephen Karrasch. The wide variety of products available comes as a result of OneView's independence as a platform provider. OneVue does not own any of the product available through its system. The integrated software allows ...

Perpetual chief ushers in new era

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... income and multi-sector with international equities still under review. "Our core competitive strengths are scale and independence combined which we believe will provide benefits depending where the market is going. Despite the distractions of the last ...