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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... loan schemes to banks in a bid to stimulate lending to firms and finance growth-stoking projects, such as environmental research and natural resources development. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 19.045 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 4914.142.

Ausbil appoints external auditor to investigate fund fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... again," the company said. The issue, which was initially reported in the media by Fairfax, was detected by the AMP Advice Research team. The group immediately put the fund on hold and took it out of the Genesys model portfolio, an AMP spokesperson told ...

Planners not meeting SMSF trustee demands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... still have a long way to go to meet the needs of self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees, a new report has shown. The research, conducted by CoreData and jointly issued by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and Russell Investments ...

Capital Group appoints two senior executives

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... Australia. Brown will be responsible for relationships and business development across dealerships, advisers, platforms and research houses. He joined Capital Group on 3 February from Perpetual where he was general manager for adviser distribution. Capital ...

EQT hires AMP exec to target financial adviser relationships

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... relationships with financial advisers in Victoria and West Australia. Papakonstantinos joins from AMP where he was investment research manager. He has also worked at AXA Australia as investment research analyst and business development consultant, and ...

Van Eyk expands research team

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Van Eyk Research's head of manager research Rob da Silva has continued to build his team since joining the company in late 2013, adding three analysts to its manager research team that services financial advisers. Murray Asken has joined van Eyk from ...

Gen Ys engaged with life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Young Australians appear to be engaged with the importance of insurance, as new research reveals that with 48% of GenYs do not use outside influences when making a decision about their life insurance policy. A TAL survey found that 39% of Australians ...

Credit Suisse and First NZ launch small cap business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... developed to become a leading franchise in Australia." Mike Bassett, formerly Credit Suisse's head of domestic equities research sales, will lead the securities team. He's joined by Craig Haskins in the role of director, research sales. Paul Buys, previously ...

Acorn appoints former Citi portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... side of the business in July 2013 from Hong Kong-based CLSA Asia-Pacific where he was head of regional and small cap research for the previous six years. "Ben has 20 years' experience in the industry with the last 15 years as a buy and sell side analyst ...

Certified financial planners report higher profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... positively impacts client satisfaction and 56% say that having certified planners led to increased client retention. The research found that 69% of firms plan to increase the number of CFP advisers during the next 12 months. The study was conducted by ...