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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Payments and International Investment Position for the June quarter, and government finance statistics for the June quarter. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed one per cent higher due to stronger-than-expected ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... waiting on a string of data releases this week, including Australian gross domestic product figures on Wednesday. Among the major banks, the National Australia Bank was up 42 cents at $32.87, ANZ rose 26.5 cents to $29.95, Westpac climbed 45 cents to ...

ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from WealthSure

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
WealthSure, WealthSure Financial Services and the former chief executive of both companies, Darren Pawski, will be put into an enforceable undertaking (EU) until 2018. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an EU from ...

Citi surges but NAB still top dog custodian

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... All told, total assets under custody in Australia grew by 6.7% in the first half of 2013, reaching $2.16 trillion. Every major custodian - including players such as State Street, Northern Trust and Macquarie-owned Bond Street - saw a growth in assets ...

AMP Capital sets foot in China

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... China is a strategically significant move for AMP, giving us direct access to the world's second largest and fastest growing major economy," AMP chief executive Craig Dunn said. "Having an on-the-ground presence is vital to building a sustainable position ...

ASIC concerned over "pockets" of poor SMSF advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has found "concerning pockets of poor advice" which involve recommendations that self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors gear into real property. ASIC's commissioner Greg Tanzer said that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton dipped four cents to $35.60, while Rio Tinto found 26 cents at $60.19. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank lost 18 cents at $32.28, but Commonwealth Bank rose 23 cents to $72.28, Westpac picked up ...

AMP adds four NZ advice firms to network

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
AMP has grown its presence in New Zealand, with four kiwi financial planning practises joining its AdviceFirst network. Majority-owned by the AMP Group, AdviceFirst has recently completed acquisitions of John Grogan Insurances Ltd, Advice 4 U, Bob Edwards ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite gains on Wall Street which rose as fears of an imminent strike against Syria receded. An upgrade to US second-quarter economic growth, also helped US markets. It came in at an annual rate of 2.5 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton dipped four cents to $35.60, while Rio Tinto found 26 cents at $60.19. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank lost 18 cents at $32.28, but Commonwealth Bank rose 23 cents to $72.28, Westpac picked up ...