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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 ...

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... the realised savings that would otherwise have been paid to the sell side. The company's managing director for Australia, Ken Shaw, believes local institutions would especially benefit from this kind of cost pattern analysis. "The Financial System Inquiry ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... 28 cents to $31.91. Shares in packaging company Amcor were down 50 cents, or 3.9 per cent, at $12.38 after chief executive Ken Mackenzie announced his resignation, to be replaced by the company's chief financial officer.

AMP's Hillross crowns best advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
AMP-owned financial planning firm Hillross has handed out its Adviser of the Year, New Adviser of the Year and Firm of the Year awards at a ceremony this week. Sydney planner David Kennedy was crowned Adviser of the Year for his ability to "set meaningful ...