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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... Star Resources Ltd rose 1.5 cents, or 4.48 per cent, to trade at 35 cents after it reported it will announce a resource upgrade after making a final payment on a gold mine that has transformed it into a producer. Wilson HTM Investment group Ltd was steady ...

Zurich taps small business owners insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has upgraded its life insurance products, with some of the key features designed to appeal to the small business owners (SBO) market. Zurich has introduced three new levels of cover to its Income Replacement ...

BT Wrap lends more aid to dealer groups

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
Fund platform BT Wrap has upgraded its reporting tool to enhance the ability of its dealer groups to watch over 5000 advisers. The technological tweaks, which went live on February 21, enhance the Dealer Group DeskTop porfolio model launched last year. ...

Alphinity grows new business

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
New funds management firm Alphinity Investment Management has enjoyed a flying start after taking over two Challenger products late last year. The Alphinity Concentrated Australian Share Fund, formerly known as the Challenger Select Australian Share ...

AIA rolls out service-focused insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
AIA Australia plans to differentiate itself from its rivals through a new suite of customer-focused insurance upgrades and more time-saving insurance tools for financial advisers. Under the group's newly launched WeCare service, AIA's existing Priority ...

ATO shifts gears on SMSF regos

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... review had plenty of proposals to strengthen the ATO's position but implementing all of the changes would take time. "A big upgrade of systems would be needed to implement all the changes suggested. It would need a major upgrade of our super computer ...

AMP steps up adviser support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... easyquote for independent financial advisers that will be available through AMP's Adviser Online service. As part of the upgrade, AMP said it will soon be able to validate risk premium estimates for AMP products provided by XPLAN's Risk Researcher by ...

AE large cap lagging index: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
Large-cap Australian share fund managers had a difficult 2010 with most failing to beat even very modest index returns, Morningstar announced in its latest sector wrap. The research house found the average large-cap Australian share fund manager underperformed ...

J.P. Morgan wins $1.5bn custody mandate

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
J.P. Morgan Treasury & Securities Services (TSS) is the new custodian and administration provider of corporate super fund City Super. Bryan Gray, head of treasury & securities services sales and client management said the new $1.5 billion mandate further ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
The Australian share market continued falling on Monday, with investors taking profits amid sentiment subdued by concerns over contagion from civil unrest in the Middle East. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 44.9 points at 4,891.8 ...