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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower, following falls in metals and oil prices overnight. At 0650 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down five points at 5,260. Copper and oil futures closed lower, weighed ...

Premium Investor Visa too short-term

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
Legal firm Hall & Wilcox has criticised the government's proposed Premium Investor Visa (PIV) saying it will be difficult for fund managers to implement. Harry New, a partner at the firm, believes the faster 12-month period for the PIV could create ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after the OPEC oil cartel decided not to cut output despite a supply gut and falling crude prices. At 0825 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,397. Wall ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
The share market is weaker as investors turn away from the big miners. A slightly better finish on Wall Street has failed to flow through to Australia, as the weakest iron ore prices in five years hits the resource stocks, City Index head of dealing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0823 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of ...

AFA crowns Adviser and Practice of the Year

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Complete Financial Balance has been named the first AFA Practice of the Year and Dartnall Advisers' principal and senior adviser Eleanor Dartnall has been crowned Adviser of the Year. Sponsored by Zurich, the awards were presented at a gala dinner at ...

QIC expands US operations with new appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
QIC has appointed Vittorio Lacagnina to lead its capital formation efforts in infrastructure across North America and Europe. Lacagnina will be based in QIC's newly-opened New York offices. He was previously at SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners where ...

FSC: Appoint an ASIC commissioner for international issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on the Financial System Inquiry to consider the appointment of a new ASIC commissioner to deal with international regulatory issues and for an agency to be established to coordinate and promote financial ...

Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The financial services industry is at a turning point after the Senate Economics Committee report stressed the need for dramatic changes in the way the advice sector operates. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said that "Australia's complex financial ...

Future Fund names new managing director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
David Neal has been appointed managing director of the Future Fund Management Agency, effective from 4 August. Neal, who has been chief investment officer of the Future Fund since July 2007, was the favourite to succeed Mark Burgess, who left the top ...