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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open lower today on a poor US lead and falls in base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 42 points to 4957 at 0719 AEST. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Credit Suisse pulls MasterWrap off the shelves

It was hinted at, talked about and it finally happened this month when investment group Credit Suisse announced its decision to close down its MasterWrap product. The group unveiled its MasterWrap almost two years ago to much fanfare and great expectations. ...

Fixed income not for everyone, yet: FIIG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2006
When it comes to implementing fixed interest strategies there are products and services for the big end of town and daylight second. This is a problem FIIG Securities is hoping to fix. Jim Stening, managing director of fixed income specialist FIIG Securities ...

Little Black Book now available on FinancialStandard.com.au

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
Responding to demand from planners, super funds, employers and consumers for more help finding product and service providers from across the marketplace, Financial Standard has today launched its Little Black Book online. "The LBB is a free-to-air directory ...

One-third of US investors do not read their prospectus: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
Research just released by the US-based Investment Companies Institute (ICI) reveals that investors in the US and Australia seem to be struggling with the same information frustrations. The findings from the research, conducted in February 2006 from ...

Westpac warned for misleading advertising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
Westpac Banking Corporation has been rapped over the knuckles and will review its advertising after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deemed an advertising campaign misleading. The problem centres around an advertising campaign ...

Navigator adds tax benefit to death payments

Starting this month, all of Navigator's super products will feature 'anti-detriment' payments to beneficiaries, a move that could boost a member's additional death payment by as much as $100,000. The group said that all of their retirement plans will ...

NAB FX pair get six years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
Two of the former National Australia Bank (NAB) foreign currency traders embroiled in the high profile foreign currency trading scandal were yesterday sentenced to a combined six years in jail. David Bullen faced 18 charges relating to his actions in ...

Wait and see with annuities: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
Despite some doomsayers predicting that the end was nigh for annuities after the May Federal Budget, Navigator has urged those with an annuity product to adopt a wait and see approach. The proposed Budget changes include the abolition of the reasonable ...

Finsia and ASX to educate advisers on listed products

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2006
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) today announced the launch of a new training program focused on listed financial products. Research undertaken by the ASX and published in 2005 found that ...