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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... news, Infrastructure Australia infrastructure coordinator Michael Deegan is due to speak at an Committee for Economic Development of Australia event on the "Future shape of our cities and infrastructure challenges beyond 2010". The public examination ...

AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Major accountant-based financial advisory firms including Count Financial, PIS and Securitor have formed a new alliance in response to draft proposals from the accounting ethical standards board banning its members from charging asset-based fees from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Australian markets have received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0744 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 16 points lower at 4,429. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... release revised economic forecasts, and Treasury secretary Ken Henry is scheduled to address a Committee for Economic Development of Australia luncheon in Melbourne with a speech entitled, Challenges and Priorities for Australia. Westpac and the Melbourne ...

More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... their work in SMSF related activities and advice, among other requirements. A commitment to ongoing SMSF professional development and appropriate insurances is also required, said SPAA. "Managing an SMSF requires a specific set of skills and knowledge. ...

Omega hires Vanguard exec

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... Shan Kwee as portfolio manager. Kwee will be responsible for portfolio construction and management, system design and development, attribution analysis, risk model development and management. In a career which spans more than 10 years, Kwee held roles ...

MLC to drop Aviva insurance brand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... value is going to be more around the relationship management side of things and the service side." "While product development is important, what I'm looking to do with the technology capability - with the commitment from MLC to continue to invest in ...

ASFA adds to policy strategy team

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... eight experts in its policy, research and advocacy team. The policy team also works closely with the ASFA learning and development area."

Temasek seeks Asian equities fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... decade. "But [we] will continue to maintain the full flexibility to shift our portfolio stance in response to major development, trends or market opportunities," he said. According to the firm's annual performance report, Temasek's portfolio increased ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... by 4.6 per cent this year, up from its April projection of 4.2 per cent. Sure, sure. The Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) also upgraded its growth forecasts not even a full two months before - it raised its 2010 world growth ...