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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... the nation's largest banks, along with a handful of other financial institutions and executives, for violating laws in the sale of home mortgage-backed securities. The negative sentiment has seen the Australian dollar drop through some technical support ...

Behaviour key to increased insurance sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Behavioural investing can help financial planners increase insurance take up in Australia, as well as improving the reputation of the industry, according to MetLife senior vice president, Joe Jordan. With fierce debate surrounding commissions on life ...

ANZ Wealth: phone-based advisers to help with opt-in

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... introduce an anonymous online merger and acquisition facility for advisers that allow them to see if there are any practices for sale or post their own practice.

Northern Trust MD changes hands

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Paul Cutts, managing director for global custody provider, Northern Trust in Australia and New Zealand, will leave the local role for an international position and will be replaced internally by Rohan Singh. Cutts will be country head for the Channel ...

Brookes departs as CCSL chief

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Chief executive officer Nicholas Brookes will leave superannuation trustee business CCSL today, following the company's sale to Diversa Group in April. Brookes founded CCSL in 2006 and has built up a healthy client base of 22 with $1.2 billion of funds ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke of the importance of Australia's super industry as an "anchor" for the economy and the changes ahead in an address to over 600 wealth management professionals in Sydney this morning. In a 30-minute speech discussing ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Manufacturing has just had it's Gerry Harvey moment and no amount of pro-protectionist inquiries is going to help it wind back the clock to the lazy Australian economic daze of the 1950s. In January famed business entrepreneur Gerry Harvey fronted a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... on Tuesday raised 7.7 billion euros ($A10.5 billion) via a bond issue but paid much lower rates that at the last similar sale in July, indicating an easing in investor jitters over Italian debt. Sentiment had been bolstered by news of a Greek merger ...

Challenger taps CFSGAM head for retirement product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Challenger Limited says it is seeking fresh thinking in retirement products and has hired Colonial First State Global Asset Management's former head of investment research for a newly created position. Aaron Minney has been appointed as head of retirement ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar powered to a three-week high above 106 US cents by noon, buoyed by strength in equity markets as risk sentiment firmed following a speech by the US Federal Reserve chairman. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading ...