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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... debt default fuelled a rebound in banking shares and European stock markets on Tuesday. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares rose 0.78 per cent to 5,766.88 points, while in Frankfurt the DAX gained 0.88 per cent to 7,170.43, and in Paris the ...

AMP looks to uni for future planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... Financial Planning Academics Forum, with groups to submit a case study in response to a hypothetical client case study. The top five will then face a live technical quiz and live client role play in Sydney. The competition opens on 25 July with the winning ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... while also facing additional capital requirements under new international rules. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares closed up 0.43 per cent at 5,722.34 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX slipped 0.19 per cent to 7,107.90 points while in ...

Aberdeen switches Aus equities manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Aberdeen Asset Management has reorganised its Australian equities team, with a change at the top of the $170 million fund. Robert Penaloza will become head of the team on July 1, replacing Mark Daniels who steps down to become investment director. Penaloza ...

Masters of Financial Regulation on offer for first time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... be leading the project. Jameson said the course would be run by those who truly understood the regulatory industry from the top down. "People who have performed the job... who understand in what ways regulators need their staff to be trained in," he ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... following market rumours of an imminent downgrade of Italy's sovereign rating. Nevertheless, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares rose 0.41 per cent to close at 5,697.72 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX dropped 0.39 per cent to 7,121.38 points ...

Asian private wealth tops Europe

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Asia's community of high net wealth individuals (HNWI) overtook Europe for the first time in 2010 as the world's richest look set to pour more money back into equities and commodities 2012. Asia-Pacific posted the strongest rate of HNWI population growth ...

Super fund leaps into life stage insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... be encouraged to apply for an increase through a member communication program. Increases for life events are 25 per cent on top of the insured amount. Other life event triggers include a child turning 12 or enrolling in private education. For a first ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... European leaders and investors deem imperative if there is to be another debt rescue deal. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares closed down 2.32 points, 0.04 per cent, at 5,772.99 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX40 fell 7.32 points, or 0.10 per ...

Advisers turn from managed funds to ETFs: BetaShares

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... ETF useage, found 27 per cent of financial planners use ETFs with a further 27 per cent to implement them in the future. The top barriers to adviser take-up was a lack of product knowledge (28 per cent) followed by a preference to actively managed funds ...