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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat on a negative US lead, although recent performances have seen the local reporting season having a strong, positive influence. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0849 AEDT, the March share price index ...

Fidelity Aussie Fund Manager of the Year

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
Morningstar has named Fidelity International its Austrailan equities Fund Manager of the Year 2006. Morningstar said the winners were determined after taking into account risk adjusted medium to long-term track record, performance over 2006 calendar ...

FPA member fined and expelled

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expelled a member in the continuing fallout from the Westpoint disaster. Western Australian planner Annemieke de Boer of Centro Financial Synergy was charged with 35 breaches of the FPA's Code of Ethics and ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
The Australian share market was at a new intraday high at noon, as it continued to thrive on corporate activity in spite of a mixed night of trading on Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 31 points to 6048.1, beating ...

Future Fund appoints in anticipation of kick-off

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Future Fund has appointed of a new head of operations and a new head of finance in anticipation of its looming inaugural task of investing $40 billion into the market. Gordon McKellar joins the team as head of operations, making the move from the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The impact of the drought on the Australian economy is set to worsen and the government has just revised up its forecasts noting that the summer crop is likely to be the worst in more than two decades with a reduction of the order of about 60 per cent. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat with only a slight lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0742 AEDT, the March share price index contract was unchanged at 5969. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
The Australian stock market remained higher at noon, led by most of the big banks, and boosted by generally positive investor sentiment. "It (the market) has been surprisingly strong. There wasn't much of a lead from markets offshore at the weekend," ...

AMP FP to call 35,000 over switching advice

AMP Financial Planning (AMP FP) said it will review the superannuation switching advice it gave to around 35,000 clients, revised up from an earlier estimate of 7,000, as part of its enforceable undertaking (EU) entered into last year. Coinciding with ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
National Australia Bank's Monthly Business Survey for January has shown that business conditions rose by 6 points to a score of +17 as a result of an 8 point increase in the profitability index, which is now at a new record high of +19. Opposing the ...