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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... too far," she said. Ms Ong said overall market sentiment remained positive, as fears of a Greek default slipped away. Greek MPs voted a second time overnight in support of an austerity package necessary to secure aid to avoid the nation defaulting on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... points, or 1.75 per cent, to 4,659.8. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied again on Thursday for the fourth day in a row after Greek MPs voted to implement an austerity plan and data showed business activity was up in the US industrial heartland. The Dow Jones ...

AFA meets Independents, Greens, Shorten adviser

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has met with the key independent MPs, the Greens and the adviser to the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, to discuss reforms for the advice industry. Chief executive of the ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... national network and you have members there." The Senator also told them not to underestimate their ability to persuade busy MPs as long as they kept their arguments rational and not emotional. "Don't underestimate your power to influence politicians," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... poll of economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and the Nikkei. The Japanese trade figures weighed against relief that MPs in Washington had reached an agreement late Friday to avoid a federal government shutdown in the world's biggest economy. Shanghai ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... wages to grow further especially is an SBS report that the government is considering giving itself a pay rise is true. "Labor MPs believe the government is considering increasing the salaries of parliamentarians from the existing base level of $136,640 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... exporters an unfair advantage. The Chinese currency has been effectively pegged at 6.8 to the dollar since mid-2008, and US MPs have been pushing the US Treasury to label China a "currency manipulator" -- which would open the door to sanctions. Gold ...

Matrix Planning Solutions restructures

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... Planning Solutions Limited has shuffled its managerial line up following the shelving of its plans to be publicly listed. MPS had flagged its intention to be publicly listed 12 months ago but the majority of its members were in favour of remaining a ...

Macq Prof Series appoints head of retail

Macquarie Professional Series (MPS) has appointed Adrian Stewart as its new head of retail distribution. Stewart was previously state manager for New South Wales with Challenger, with whom he worked for five years. He said the decision to join was easy ...

MacarthurCook fund is hot property

MacarthurCook Property Securites (MPS) has delivered an emphatic 177.4 per cent gain in half year profits, proving that the bricks-and-mortar sector still delivers fat returns in a high-tech world. The fund announced that in the half year to 31 December ...