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MyState appoints product and marketing GM

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
Wealth management firm MyState has appointed a new general manager, product and marketing. Prior to his appointment, Chris Thornton held marketing roles at AAPT, Dell and Virgin Money. Most recently he was head of brand and marketing for RAMS Financial ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
It's a hat trick. It's three for three. Three times that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) wrong-footed market expectations. Governor Glenn Stevens cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a record low 2.25% back in February when markets expected ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Former Platinum deputy chief investment officer Jacob Mitchell has launched a new high conviction global equity boutique called Antipodes Global Investment Partners, three months after resigning from star manager Kerr Neilson's firm. Mitchell and his ...

Super performs well in board gender diversity index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The superannuation sector was one of the top performers in the latest rebalance of the Boardroom Diversity Index. Along with Sport, ASX100 companies and Cooperative Research Centres, Super was one of only four sectors to show gains of more than 5% in ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is higher buoyed by strength from the major banks and despite weakness in the resources sector. CMC Markets chief analyst strategist Michael McCarthy said the local bourse was bouncing back after Monday's negative momentum ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The share market is weaker a day after hitting a fresh seven-year high, with the banks and miners in the red. Investor profit taking was the most likely reason for the market's retreat on Thursday, Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street which dipped from record highs following mixed earnings reports. At 0840 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,903. In local ...

Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Voter backlash against infrastructure recycling plans in recent (and current) state election campaigns is raising alarm bells within the superannuation sector. It was such a point of contention in the recent Queensland state election that most observers ...

Stella Network ramps up support for women in financial planning

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
A networking group set up to support women in financial planning celebrated its one-year birthday this week with a string of good news for its members and supporters. On Wednesday night, the legendary Joan Sutherland Studio of the Opera Australia in ...

More Australians to invest in China

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Australian investors are expected to take advantage of China's liberalising capital markets following Australia's inclusion in the Renminbi (RMB) Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme. The RQFII gives foreign institutional investors ...