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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
The share market is expected to open weaker today reflecting the pullback on Wall Street on Friday, despite another busy week of company annual reports ahead. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract had fallen three ...

Plum puts increased super savings on auto-pilot

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
Plum Financial Services has unveiled a new superannuation service which will divert a client's future pay raises into their super savings without them needing to lift a finger nor sacrifice any of their existing take home pay. The Escalator Program ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute's Leading Index rose by 1.8 points in June resulting in a year on year growth rate of 5.3 per cent, the highest monthly reading since March 2004. The index measures four components of future activity in the approvals ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Following on from his comments on the need for discussions about the future of the oil industry at the forthcoming November Group of 20(G20) meeting to be held in Melbourne, Treasurer Peter Costello has added that there needs to be a widening of the ...

Keating and Sen Chapman to launch AFA conference

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Senator Grant Chapman, chairman of the upcoming and controversial Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure of the Superannuation Industry, together with former Prime Minister Paul Keating, will headline the Australian Financial Advisers annual conference ...

Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
Australians seem only too happy to invest in Lotto and gamble with personal insurance, something AXA finds puzzling considering how unlikely it is a Lotto win will be there to support them when their income can't. Statistically, it's no small gamble. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
The Australian share market remained in positive territory at noon today, reflecting the strong performance on Wall Street overnight. At 1210 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lifted 33.2 points to 4,969.2, while the all ordinaries added 28.3 points ...

A man is not a financial plan: MASU

A small financial services outfit, MASU group, is leading the charge in providing women with education on matters close to the heart and the hip pocket. The three-legged company - with a national network of financial planners, accountants and legal ...

Hyperion chairman abdicates

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
The chairman of boutique value manager Hyperion Asset Management, Charles Kiefel, has resigned from his role after three years in the position citing future potential conflicts of interest risks. Kiefel said there could be future conflicts between Hyperion's ...

Laing to launch risky business

Financial services consulting firm Laing Advisory has signed up MLC to a soon-to-launch life insurance hub called 'the risk store', which is designed to help financial advisers provide life risk insurance advice to their clients. "Whole industry feedback ...