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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Australian shares have plunged in the wake of the government of Dubai asking for a six-month debt moratorium for its investment vehicle, Dubai World. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 115.8 points, or 2.46 per cent, at 4,592.80 points ...

Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Self managed super fund (SMSF) administration processes need to be refined to ensure fraudulent rollover schemes are detected and stopped, according to one industry body. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia ...

AXA launches iPhone apps for women

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has launched two new women-centric financial applications for Apple's iPhone and iTouch. The free apps, available for download from iTunes, provide women consumers on-the-go access to financial calculators to help ...

Ripoll recommends investor compensation fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) said the government should investigate launching a "last resort statutory compensation fund" to cover financial advice licensee failings. The committee received a number of submissions from the regulator and Financial ...

Perceived conflicts lethal to planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Commission-based financial advice may not necessarily lead to real conflicts of interest but even 'perceived' conflicts threaten to undermine the industry's future, said Chris Bowen, the minister for financial services and superannuation. Addressing ...

What gets measured, gets done

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Super fund consultants urged trustees to "sweat the detail" of how they measure fund strategy outcomes or risk failing to complete their strategies on time and on budget. Adrian Johnstone, managing director of Sequential Project Services, noted research ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from overseas, with Wall Street's key stock indices lower and commodities prices weaker. At 0813 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was down 33 points ...

You're dreaming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Whaaaaat! This was my immediate reaction when I the 'Breaking News" section on news.com.au flashed the headline, "Jobless number hits a seven year high." Yes, the headline achieved its aims - it grabbed my attention! A split second before clicking on ...

AXA planners may not need to rebrand: AMP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
AXA Australia's financial planning network may not have to rebrand under the AMP name, except for the financial planning network bearing the French-based group's name, if the merger proposal is successful, according to Craig Dunn, chief executive at ...

Treasury Group to announce Souls strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Treasury Group has bought Souls Funds Management and plans to announce a new investment team line-up following the resignation of the fund manager's chief investment officer, Frank Villante, this month. Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group ...