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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0721 AEST, the December share price index contract was up 20 points at 5,364. Today, BHP Billiton will release its first quarter ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
In the latest Global Competitiveness Rankings by the Geneva based World Economic Forum Australia has slipped from its previous position of 10th to 19th. The rankings are a result of a global Executive Opinion Survey of 11,000 business leaders in 125 ...

HSBC alternatives eyes off Australian entry

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
HSBC Bank's Hong Kong based alternative investments group is the next in line among an array of international hedge fund managers lining up to enter the Australian market. Speaking at last month's Portfolio Construction Forum conference, senior director ...

IMAP ready for take-off

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
The Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP) is set to hold its inaugural meeting to lay down a roadmap for the organisation going forward. Founder and director of IMAP, Tracy Byrne, said the catalyst for forming the organisation was a lack of ...

ASIC chairman to head international auditors forum

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, Jeffrey Lucy, has been appointed as inaugural chairman of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR). Lucy said that Australia's financial services environment put ...

AVCAL calling for council members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) is calling for nominations for council members for 2007 and 2008, with elected members to be announced at the Annual General Meeting in Sydney a month after the annual AVCAL ...

Forget industry funds, focus on advice: AFA

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has implored the advice community to forget any factional fighting with industry funds and put the value of advice squarely back into the spotlight. AFA chief executive officer, Richard Kilipin, said the financial ...

Finance is a good career move

Structural changes that occurred in the financial services industry over the last 15 years have made the sector one of the best industries to work in, said the Reserve Bank of Australia's assistant governor in financial markets, Ric Battellino, at a ...

Household finances in good shape: RBA

Household finances are in better shape than what the doomsayers claim, said the Reserve Bank of Australia's assistant governor in financial markets, Ric Battellino, at an industry forum held in Sydney this week. Speaking at the fourth Retail Financial ...

Super communication to evolve with choice

The super choice legislation has transferred the power to manage super from the hands of the employer to their individual members, a fundamental shift that should compel industry players to radically change their communications strategy. Speaking at ...