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The future of wealth management

The power of brand, the realisation that choice and flexibility is what we sell, and the evolving definition of balanced investing as alternative assets become mainstream are just three of the trends changing the face of wealth management, said Alex ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
SYDNEY - The Australian stock market is likely to open weaker this morning following a poor performance on Wall Street as US stocks were hammered by record high oil prices and the financials were hurt after Citigroup revealed a weak earnings report. ...

Finsia appoints new CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has appointed Martin Fahy to chief executive, replacing interim chief executive Stephen Harrison. Harrison was appointed interim chief executive in July after Brian Salter has stepped down from ...

Currency hedging key to international returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
New research from nabCapital suggests currency hedging, more than investment strategy selection, is the key to generating high returns in international equities. Donald Hellyer, managing director and head of insurance and fund manager relations at nabCapital ...

Australians top list but still underinsured

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
Despite a generally blasA(C) attitude to risk, and 64 per cent underinsurance, Australia still ranks as one of the developed world's best insured nations, according to a new AXA report. The 2007 AXA Protection Report compared attitudes to life risks ...

Green paper bags top IFSA/Deloitte award

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
Ben Hare, equities dealer at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management, has won the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Award for his research paper on the implications of climate change on the investment industry. Each of the 13 candidates needed to be under ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
The Australian sharemarket continued stellar gains at noon - albeit not quite as strongly as in earlier morning trade - following a strong lead from the US overnight which sent the Dow to its 33rd record finish for 2007. By 1203 AEST, the benchmark ...

Promnitz takes on regional head role

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
Mercer has elevated current Australia and New Zealand chief executive Peter Promnitz to region head for the Asia Pacific to support the company's Asian growth strategy. Promnitz said he is looking forward to the new challenge, having already worked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher this morning, carrying on the trend of record gains this week, after a US indicies ended higher overnight. At 0703 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index was up 19 points ...

Coombe calls for better super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Superannuation is entering a golden age in Australia and it's time we started to focus on our end-customers, said Rob Coombe, chief executive of wealth management for BT Financial Group when speaking at yesterdays' Association of Super Funds of Australia ...