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Advisers compare insurance on smartphones

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... hundred financial planners used the iPhone application but more would follow now the functionality is increased. He said the Sydney-based company was building functionality and adding new features to its apps on mobile platforms. The same developers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... Federal Court. Austar United Communications Ltd chief executive John Porter was scheduled to speak at a business lunch in Sydney. On Tuesday, the Australian share market traded down off its morning high to finish flat as profit takers swooped on the ...

Mercer invests in consulting business

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... appointments, joining from Ibbotson Associates, as a Melbourne based consultant. Beth Pitman has joined the Mercer Sentinel team in Sydney as an associate, following the recent arrival of senior associate Elliott Graham. Pitman also joins from Ibbotson ...

Standard Life hires top Macq director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... Aspinall as investment director. He will develop the Australian arm of the Edinburgh-based global investment giant from its Sydney office. Aspinall, once a financial planner, joins Standard Life from Macquarie, where he worked for four years as associate ...

Japan shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... radioactive fallout are quantified because of the human tendency to extrapolate the unknown into a doomsday scenario. Here's the Sydney Morning Herald's take for one. "A FULL-BLOWN nuclear disaster in Japan, though unlikely, could lead to a new global ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... maker's operations. Its shares were down 27 cents, or 3.47 per cent, at $7.50. At 1208 AEDT, the spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,398.50, down $US16.27 from Tuesday's closing price of $US1,414.77. National turnover was 2.16 billion securities changing ...

Funds join forces for Asian growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... and held some concerns about the sustainability of the business, as it had not managed to grow assets under management. A Sydney-based team of three was responsible for portfolio management, with research support provided by an outsourced team in Bangalore ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... stimulus program. In equities news, Alinta Energy Ltd holds an extraordinary general meeting, and, in the Federal Court in Sydney, the case continues between Metcash Ltd and the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) over Metcash's attempt ...

SSgA names new Aus equities head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... with Commonwealth Investment Management and Colonial First State. Engel, a CFA, was also president of the CFA Society of Sydney from 2007 - 2009. State Street Global Advisors is the investment management business of State Street Corporation, which has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... their investments in sub-prime-backed securities leading into the global financial crisis continues in the Federal Court in Sydney. On Friday, the Australian share market completed its worst weekly fall in just over nine months, losing ground as sentiment ...