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Berry Fin Services ready for next growth phase

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
Berry Financial Services managing director and FPA chair, Julie Berry, said ComCorp's 40 per cent stake gives her company more firepower to grow its client base, particularly in the credit union sector. MMC Contrarian subsidiary, ComCorp Financial Advice ...

The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring ...

ASIC bans Firepower adviser

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
ASIC has banned another adviser Quentin Ward from providing financial services for eight years after an investigation into his involvement in Firepower investments. ASIC banned Ward after an investigation into his dealings in the sale of Firepower Holdings ...

Zurich manager wins Aon Benfield Scholarship

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
Victor Caballero of Zurich Financial Services has won the Aon Benfield Scholarship for 2009 - a joint scholarship from the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Aon Benfield Australia. Caballero, segment development manager at Zurich ...

LGsuper expands options

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Queensland-based LGsuper joins the growing number of super funds that are keeping pace with members who want more options within their super. LGsuper was traditionally a "no frills" fund that provided superannuation services to current and former Queensland ...

FSP appoints business development chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Financial Services Partners has appointed ex-ING Financial Planning managing director Steve Thomson as head of business development. This is a new role created by the planning group. Geoff Rimmer, chief executive of Financial Services Partners, said ...

A lose-lose proposition

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
If you can't buy 'em, jail 'em! Is China going back to its old ways? Wall Street ended flat overnight. And so it should there was really not much news out for it to react to one or another. The G8 meeting in Italy produced nothing new. Their communique ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open lower on Thursday following a sharp drop in commodity prices and a mixed lead from Wall Street. At 0651 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was one point lower at ...

Timbercorp growers favour consortium

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
Timbercorp growers are welcoming talks with a recently formed consortium - TCGrowers - which is looking to buy the embattled agricultural group's forestry assets. According to an update yesterday on the TCGrowers website, the group had received very ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open lower on Wednesday following a negative lead from the US and weaker commodity prices. At 0709 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 62 points lower at 3,682. In ...