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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... the December share price index contract was down 15 points at 3,526 on a volume of 13,285 contracts. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said resource stocks led the market lower after commodity prices fell on Thursday. Oil prices fell $US3.12 ...

Fidelity Europe fund 'on hold'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Standard & Poor's has revised its rating of the Fidelity Europe fund from 'four stars' to 'on hold' after key portfolio manager Trygve Toraasen left the firm. As a result of Toraasen's departure, European Small Companies fund portfolio manager, Fabio ...

Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... continue to decelerate. Falling commodity prices will compound weakening exports. Further, they argue that the negative wealth effect brought about by collapsing stock markets would continue to sap consumer confidence and therefore, consumer spending ...

BT upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... financial advisers must ensure their clients are appropriately covered. "Typically where a client has accumulated enough wealth they may mistakenly believe there's no need for life insurance and that they are self insured. Advisers need to remain vigilant ...

Planners spared AMP job cuts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... extremely challenging over the next one to two years. There has been a reduction in recruitment activity, in particular in the wealth management space," said Dale.

Coombe names wealth management execs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
BT Financial Group chief executive, Rob Coombe has announced the combined Westpac/St.George wealth management business executive team. Coombe named John Shuttleworth as superannuation & investment solutions general manager; Mark Smith as insurance general ...

Snowball FUA grows $700m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... changing hands in the past six months. The report identified a number of smaller groups which included Credit Suisse, Mercer Wealth Solutions, Austock and Snowball as businesses busily consolidating over that time frame. In October, Snowball subsidiary ...

IOOF and AWM sign $88b merger

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
IOOF Holdings has approached Australian Wealth Management with a merger proposal that will see both companies unite to become a $88 billion fund management giant. Both fund managers released statements on the Australian Securities Exchange today detailing ...

Value of advice winners unveilled

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... Planning and Sharon Walker from National Australia Bank Financial Planning respectively won the pre-retirement planning and wealth accumulation and protection categories. "I truly do believe in the value of advice and the difference it makes to clients ...

Faster than the speed of fright

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... market. Dereck Daymond, managing director of Sybase Australian and New Zealand, said the product comes at a time when the wealth management industry is looking at technology that will allow them faster response times to market volatility but with minimum ...