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Advisers ignoring estate planning gold mine

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
AMP and independent financial planners were warned to stop ignoring the wealth of referral and business expansion opportunities estate planning presents to the industry and instead embrace this market, in an industry address this morning. The AMP Estate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
The Australian dollar was fractionally higher at noon, as traders await significant US employment figures due on Friday night. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 107.26 US cents, up from 107.20 US cents on Thursday. Since 0700 ...

Short-termism crippling wealth management

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
The economic costs of short-termism by the wealth management industry is hindering financial performance and resulting in significant losses to equity holders, according to boutique Australian Equity fund manager, Hyperion. Short-termism, as discussed ...

Retail funds narrow satisfaction gap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
The satisfaction gap between retail and industry super funds is narrowing, despite the widening investment performance gap, reveals the latest research from Roy Morgan. The satisfaction is now just 3 percentage points, compared to it peaking at 8 percentage ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
Australian shares were higher at noon, extending earlier gains with a small number of bargain hunters making up Tuesday's losses. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 26.1 points higher at 4,273.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Former AIST chief takes on age discrimination

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Former president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Susan Ryan has been appointed as the new age discrimination commissioner. The role will be allocated $4 million over four years through the Australian Human Rights Commission. ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
The US has reached a last-minute agreement to raise its debt ceiling, narrowly averting what might have become a global economic disaster. US President Barack Obama announced that Democrat and Republican Party leaders in both the House of Representatives ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was higher at noon, buoyed by a strong lead from Wall St and a new deal in Europe to manage the sovereign debt issue. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 37.9 points, or 0.83 per cent, at 4,593.9 ...

CBA's Norris to retire, Narev replaces

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive, Ralph Norris, has announced his intention to retire in November this year with group executive of business and private banking, Ian Narev, named his successor. Narev has been with CBA since May 2007, during which ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
The Australian share market was expected to open stronger after a resurgence on Wall Street overnight as fears eased over Greece's debt crisis. At 0710 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 49 points at 4,491. In economic news ...