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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... 1,110.63, and the Nasdaq composite index gained 6.87 points, or 0.32 per cent, to settle at 2,176.05. LONDON - Europe's major stock markets plunged by more than three per cent on Thursday after Dubai's shock call to suspend the debt of a key state company ...

TOWER wins key mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
TOWER Australia Group caps the year with major insurance wins, dividends up 15 per cent and new business up 54 per cent. The group also saw life inforce premium up 15 per cent to $784 million for the year to September thanks to its indiviudal life sales. ...

Retirement savings only last a few years

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... not find themselves in the position where gender dictates retirement standards. "As the report highlights, pay equity is a major issue in Australia, it affects women not only in their working lives, but long after they finish working and are in retirement," ...

The downside of Ripoll

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... warned the worst-case scenario is that independent financial advisers (IFAs) find the regulatory burden too hard and join the major planning networks - perversely reducing the number of IFAs in the country. "You will get this drift of independent advisers ...

Wingate appoints senior analyst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
International equities manager Wingate Asset Management has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland executive Alastair MacLeod as senior investment analyst. MacLeod joins Wingate from Royal Bank of Scotland in New York where he held roles including ...

Ripoll heats up sales or advice debate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
Are financial planners sales professionals or do they advice clients to use products that best suit their needs? The Ripoll Inquiry has taken a serious look at where planners' allegiances lie. In fact, the Inquiry has put the spotlight on the elephant ...

Education drag hits super savings: GESB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The majority of Australians believe it is their own responsibility to fund their retirement - but less than half feel the need to educate themselves about super, new research shows. West Australian fund GESB has found a disconnect between how accountable ...

AMP exec joins planning standards board

AMP ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
The Australian financial planning industry gets a local representative in a global standards-setting body after Steve Helmich from AMP was selected to join the board of the Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB). Financial Planning Standards ...

Bans and charges for advisers: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
ASIC has embarked on a major crackdown on "advisers" who have broken the law - including those linked with Westpoint, and SMSF and agribusiness specialists. ASIC has banned Craig Gerard Dangar, of New South Wales, from providing financial services for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market was more than one per cent lower at noon, with the major miners and financial sectors weaker. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 61.6 points lower, or by 1.3 per cent, at 4,687.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...