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Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
Regular gentle readers would know by now that today's heading has in no way any relation to the 1995 romance film of the same title but to the goings-on in the financial markets. Equity markets didn't do much overnight. The S&P 500 was up a little ...

Alphington targets younger HNW investors with wealth service

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... Peter Jacob, managing director, Alphington Private Investor Services. Jacob said that a lot of clients were looking to make major decisions about their wealth needs at an earlier age or lower income, suggesting that its core market is people earning ...

Promotion prospects need to be addressed: Survey

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
The majority of Australian financial professionals are happy in their current roles and feel they have a reasonable work/life balance, according to new research from career professionals' website eFinancial Careers. However, just under half of respondents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... 0757 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 55 points at 4,252. Locally on Tuesday, no major economic news is expected. In equities news, Stockland chief executive Matthew Quinn is to address a Australia-Israel Chamber ...

Crowe Horwath extends reach with new appointments

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Financial services firm Crowe Horwath has announced four new senior appointments in a major hiring drive that has seen the company recruit a total of 17 Principals in the past year. Russell Wilkinson has been appointed to customs and Rahavan Yoganathan ...

Northern Trust awarded $24bn custody mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... strategy," said Hester. Peter Carrigy-Ryan, CSC's chief executive, said the fund completed an extensive due diligence on several major providers of custodian services before reaching its decision. CSC has over 680,000 members across its various super ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... was down 26 points at 4,150. In economic news on Monday, the ANZ job advertisements series for September are released. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed in the black for the third straight day, finishing the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... leads after a tranche of details about the Europeans' plans for the debt crisis were released overnight. By 1200 AEDT, both major local indices had moved higher, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index up 79.9 points, or 1.96 per cent, at 4,149.8 and the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... opened more than one per cent higher on Thursday after Wall Street surged for its second straight day. By 1200 AEST both major local indices had climbed higher, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index 113.7 points, or 2.9 per cent, better at 4,040.2 and ...

IFM boosts admin support for growing asset base

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... selection process was managed by Foxrock Consulting. IFM invests on behalf of institutional investors and is owned by 32 major not-for-profit Australian superannuation funds.