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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the ...

NAB appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
NAB has appointed Ken Henry AC as its new chairman. Henry will succeed Michael Chaney AO, who will retire at the bank's annual general meeting in December. Henry has been on NAB's board since November 2011. Previously he was Secretary of the Commonwealth ...

FPA proposes risk commission cap

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has released its life insurance blueprint paper discussing its aim to drive competitive, professional, and valuable service to Australian consumers. "Remuneration for insurance work should be compensated ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
The share market has opened higher thanks to strong leads from Wall Street and a rally among the major mining stocks. However, the big four banks are weighing on the market after Westpac unveiled a flat first half cash profit of $3.78 billion, Australian ...

AB managing director joins Dimensional

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
AB's managing director of institutional marketing and former country head Ross Kent has joined Dimensional Fund Advisors after more than a decade with the global asset manager. He joins the fund manager and research house as a regional director in Sydney ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after losses on Wall Street. At 0644 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,942. On Wall Street, stocks sagged ahead of the start of first-quarter-earnings ...

Former EISS sales head joins AMP licensee

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
AMP-affiliated Fifteen Hundred Financial Strategists has appointed a former Energy Industries Super Scheme head of distribution as its new general manager. Andrew Kennedy confirmed he was leaving EISS after 10 months to join FHFS, which employs six ...

PROFILE: NAB head of wealth Andrew Hagger

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
While the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, National Australia Bank (NAB) head of wealth Andrew Hagger preferred to take the long way. His journey from the quiet suburb of Adelaide Hills to Melbourne CBD stretched through over ...

Australian Unity expands healthcare property trust

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust (HPT) acquired a majority share of a North Gosford medical centre for $13 million. The property is a 2,226 square metre, two-level medical centre featuring a cafe and a two-level basement carpark. HPT has ...

Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Claims that US politicians are out of touch with ordinary Americans have led a group of conservative Republicans to sponsor a bill to end Congressional pensions and force politicians to save for their own retirement just like everyone else. The legislation ...