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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
Australian stocks have opened 0.75 per cent weaker, with the big miners leading the broader market lower. Metals and minerals stocks were the worst-performing sector, falling two per cent, according to IRESS data. The materials sector - which represents ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher amid views that investors over-reacted to Europe's debt problems with heavy sell-offs on Monday. Monday's falls in Australia were the heaviest of the year (above two per cent) but a relatively muted response ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite overnight falls on international markets with investors spooked following Cyrpus' bailout plans that include a deposit tax. At 0830 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Asian retail banks set to spend 5.1% more on tech

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Retail banks in the Asia Pacific region are expected to spend 5.1% more on technology this year and technology expenses will reach US$118.6 billion, Ovum research found. According to analysis provider Ovum, retail banks in the Asia Pacific region are ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Is this the tiny pebble that trips the bull? I planned to discuss how being in cash is an even riskier proposition at this precise moment in time because of its negative inflation-adjusted returns and using as lead "The Daily Telegraph's" story about ...

Australia is world leader in treasury: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Australia has one of the most sophisticated treasury markets in the world and is the leader of the Asia Pacific region, according to the preliminary results of a survey by technology provider Sungard and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The full research ...

Former consultant sentenced for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
The County Court of Victoria has sentenced former consultant Ulf Ronnie Lindskog after being convicted of four insider trading charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Judge David Parsons sentenced Lindskog to ...

US advisers don't understand clients risk tolerances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Advisers in the US are recommending products to clients based on inadequate risk profiling assessments, according to research from Cerulli Associates. The result is that clients are being put into investment and risk products that don't suit their risk ...

Stanford Brown tops Genesys awards

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Stanford Brown Financial Advisers has collected the top honours at this year's Genesys Wealth Advisers Awards, which aim to celebrate excellence in financial planning. The North Sydney-based financial advisers picked up both the Member Firm of the Year ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Australian equities stockbrokers who have excelled in the field of ESG research will be acknowledged in an awards ceremony to be held in Sydney later this month. The fourth annual ESG Research Australia Awards Luncheon is being held on 27 March (Wednesday) ...