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Ahead of the pack

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS THE MEDIA PARTNER OF THE MFSS.  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Every industry needs game changers - a select crowd that stirs the pot or keeps raising the bar for everyone else. In financial services, they can be found within the ranks of the innovators and the pioneers. Early next month the Australian Centre for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
The Australian share market was slightly lower in morning trade on Friday, with Telstra one of the few bright spots as civil unrest in Egypt continued to dampen investor sentiment. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.3 points, or ...

ASIC retains key role as fin planning regulator: Shorten

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will retain its role as sole regulator for the financial planning industry but will work with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to maintain standards in tax advice. The Treasury released its ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
What's this? More good news out of America and yet Wall Street went nowhere overnight? The Dow closed just a little bit (0.1 per cent) lower. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended last night's session just a tad (0.1 per cent) higher. It was hilarious reading ...

Diamond Asset Advisors arrive in Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
It's an asset class that is worth more 'in the rough' and local investors can get their hands on it through a Zurich-based firm with links to famous jeweler Harry Winston, which visited Melbourne last month to scope the local market. Diamond Asset Advisors ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market was flat at noon on Thursday, with only slight gains and losses across the board. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.4 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,907.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
That dreaded "I" word is making a comeback into market players' psyche. Inflation is lurking just around the corner - at least for the developed economies. In the emerging ones, they've been trying to shoo evil inflation away as if almost forever. China ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011

Westscheme merges with AustralianSuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
The merger of AustralianSuper and Westscheme announced today would create a $40 billion super fund with 1.7 million members, further cementing AustralianSuper's ranking as Australia's biggest super fund. In a joint press conference at 1pm today, long-time ...

Cashed-up China eyes US investments

Since the GFC, the investment traffic flow has been all one way from Europe and the US into Asia, but signs are emerging that US investment opportunities are attracting Asian interest. Stirring the most interest appears to be US infrastructure, said ...