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Equip partners with travel insurer

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Equip has appointed a travel insurance provider to its portfolio of ancillary service providers. The deal gives members direct access to discounted cover through insurance provider Cover-More. Equip's executive officer, strategic marketing and communications ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
It's almost over - the first one-fourth of 2014, that is, and what have equity markets got to show for it? They retreated, they bounced back and after (nearly) three months... they did almost zilch. As at yesterday's closing, the All Ordinaries index ...

JANA absorbs MLC IM in NAB restructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
MLC Investment Management will be absorbed by JANA in a shake-up designed to create a larger and more powerful investment research, advisory and portfolio management business, NAB has announced. The bank said the combined business will better utilise ...

ASIC bans former authorised representative

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Former director and officer of CS Heritage Securities has been permanently banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). The regulator found that Phillip Gregory Spark had engaged in misleading ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The timing may be varied - as early as 2027 and not until 2050 - but there was almost universal consensus that their grouping would eventually supplant the Group of 7 (G7) as the richest countries in the world. You guessed it Virginia, these are the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
The share market has opened lower after falls on US and European markets overnight. Invast Securities chief market analyst Peter Esho said a sell-off on European markets, particularly in Germany, may have dampened investor sentiment. Manufacturing data ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
While Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and re-join Mother Russia - and the tit for tat sanctions between the US and Europe and Moscow - and speculation over the faster- and sooner-than-predicted US Federal Reserve hike in interest rates hogged most ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Down on Putin one day, up the next. Down on Yellen one day, up the next. Financial reports now talk of investors re-assessing their thinking of what they thought they understood US Federal Reserve Chair (in this politically correct age) Janet Yellen ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a batch of data reinforced optimism that the US economy is recovery. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,313. ...

Tyndall AM reshuffles equities team as Van Munster retires

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
Tyndall AM (Tyndall) has appointed a new head of Australian equities, after veteran Bob Van Munster made the decision to retire after 40 years in the industry. Brad Potter will take the reins from 1 June 2014, with Van Munster remaining in the business ...