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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Australian shares may open little changed after mixed leads from US markets. Commodity stocks may decline after the price of raw materials slipped overnight as the US dollar rose. At 0806 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open moderately higher after equities in the US and Europe gained on a report that showed job cuts in the US slowed sharply in November. At 0749 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Financial Wisdom names its best

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
Wealthwise has won the Financial Wisdom 2009 Practice of the Year for the second year running and Adam Watts was awarded Rising Star of the Year. The West Australian-based financial planning firm won the award based on a number of categories including ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
The list has been drawn and is out! Worry no more about Dubai. There are bigger fish to fry. The Financial Times reports that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) - the regulator advocated by US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner last June to pre-empt and ...

Wave of signatories could weaken PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... chief executive at Robeco, said the principles must not be "watered down" by more firms that feel they have to sign the charter. "The UN PRI was a wake-up call but let's be careful not to let it get watered down - signing up is not a free lunch," he ...

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 ...

VicSuper searches for CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
VicSuper is looking for a chief investment officer after Peter Lunt, the fund's executive manager of investments, moved to a different role as part of an organisational restructure. A spokesperson from the $6.7 billion fund confirmed Lunt had moved ...

Coalition against commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... industry into a "genuine profession". The coalition's campaign comes a day after IFSA unveiled its new Superannuation Charter, which ushers a new era on advice remuneration and disclosure. Under the Charter, IFSA members must unbundle and clearly state ...

Giant leap for super advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... Seven of the country's largest fund managers, including AMP, BT and CFS, have ratified a bold, new IFSA Superannuation Charter - heralding a new culture where consumers, not the planners, dictate the fees paid on superannuation advice. More than 135 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... Ltd and forestry company Gunns Ltd are to hold annual general meetings. AGMs are scheduled also for Computershare Ltd, Charter Hall Ltd, Keybridge Capital Ltd, Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust and Fletcher Building Ltd. In Australia on Tuesday, the ...