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Moore Stephens appoints GM of wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Moore Stephens Queensland has appointed a general manager for the firm's expanding wealth management division. Managing director Ken Pickard confirmed that Bob Blurton will be the general manager of Moore Stephens Wealth, which manages over $800 million ...

Aussie investors should have 90% of equity portfolio overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
While Australian investors now recognise they must broaden their horizons beyond domestic equities to take advantage of the growth opportunities available across the globe, favoured destinations like China and other South East Asian economies will not ...

PM Capital boosted by beer and Las Vegas property

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Beer companies performing at full strength and a bet on the Las Vegas housing recovery has contributed to the strong outperformance of PM Capital. The boutique fund manager's investment philosophy centres on buying good quality companies at good prices ...

FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has formed a long-term partnership alliance with First Nations Foundation (FNF) to help improve the financial literacy of Indigenous Australians. The FSC will be providing a minimum of $50,000 a year for three years ...

Macquarie expects 2014 profit rise after strong quarter

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
The strong performances of Macquarie Group's wealth divisions have led the financial services company to confirm it expects to report a year-on-year rise in profits for 2014. In a first quarter update ahead of the group's annual general meeting, managing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
The Australian share market has opened a touch higher, following the US lead after Wall Street edged up to new record highs. More sectors on the Australia bourse were making gains, but gold and mining stocks were the exception, pulled down by a fall ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The Australian market has opened higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 surged to record highs overnight. The local market continued to rally on Friday morning after three days of gains, opening around half a per cent higher. This ...

ME Bank wins A3 rating on super fund backing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
ME Bank, which was started by industry super funds, has been assigned an A3 rating by Moody's. The rating is a result of ME Bank's focus on providing low-risk residential mortgages to its members. "While it is a small bank in the Australian context ...

Ben's all that matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel the suspense building up to a crescendo? The FOMC starts their two-day policy meeting tonight and then finally...we might get closure on the taper thing. We could speculate about the indications ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Phew! About time, I say. About time that Wall Streeters put two and two together. The rationale behind last night's higher close on Wall Street suggests that players have finally made the connection. That is disappointing economic data equals no Fed ...