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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a mixed finish on Wall Street with no clear direction from economic data and investors waiting for a key speech by Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke. At 0745 AEST on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
The Australian share market has opened slightly higher with investors appearing cautious after mixed offshore leads. At 1050 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.3 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 4,351, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Ord Minnett conspired to take us over: Wilson HTM notifies court

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
Ord Minnett planned to take over fellow broker, Wilson HTM, by paying sign on fees to poach its advisers, said Wilson HTM in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday. Five Wilson employees were paid approximately $5.4 million by Ord Minnett, the court heard. ...

Nomura hires ex-RBS fixed income head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
Japanese investment bank, Nomura has hired RBS' former head of fixed income trading Jon Linton to head up Australian macro-products. Based in Sydney, Linton will report to Yutaka Nakajima, senior managing director and head of fixed income trading for ...

Limboland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street finished mixed and gains on European markets despite a key German business sentiment indicator falling to its lowest level since March 2010. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday, the September share ...

Delay FoFA reforms another year: Lawyer

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012

FSC super governance policy forces independence

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
A majority of directors on superannuation trustee boards must be independent, under draft superannuation governance policy released by the Financial Services Council (FSC) this morning. An independent director must also chair the trustee board, and ...

We're revolutionising financial planning: Mortgage Choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Mortgage Choice is set to expand into financial planning by opening up 60 franchises by 2015 to sit along side its 380 countrywide home loan businesses. The mortgage broking group plans to be Australia's fastest growing branded financial planning organisation ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell with blue-chip stocks Boeing and Hewlett-Packard helping give the market its worst day so far this month. At 0809 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was ...