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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... approved in February temporarily halted the losses during the morning, but stocks soon started falling. "Given the resource focus of the Australian market, it is no surprise to see us trading in red numbers today," CMC Markets senior trader Tim Waterer ...

Major reshuffle in insurance league tables

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
While AMP retained its top-ranking in the recent Plan for Life research, the numbers suggest big swings in market share and the top ten list.. The research focused on the life insurance risk market inflows and sales during 2012 and revealed that MLC ...

QInvest launches mortgage broking service

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
QInvest has launched mortgage broking service designed exclusively for QSuper Fund members and available only to them. "We are focused on helping our members gain certainty around their financial goals, providing access to a better home loan is just ...

Towers Watson builds Investment team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... the client consulting team and Richard Cooney has been transferred from the Superannuation Consulting team, where he will focus on client consulting and strategy. In Sydney, Majan Tharmanathan has joined the client consulting team.

Bissaker sets sights on Big Four market share

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
New head of Virgin Money Australia (VMA) Brian Bissaker said the tie-up with Bank of Queensland (BOQ) would lay the ground for an assault on the Big Four bank's market share. Bissaker told Financial Standard there would be significant additional investment ...

ASIC targets SMSF confidence tricksters

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... "SMSFs are becoming, if they have not already become, part of the mainstream and it will be an increasing point of ASIC focus going ahead," Kell finished.

ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from City Index

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking from City Index Australia (CIA), which will appoint an independent expert to review the business and develop a plan to rectify the deficiencies. The ...

Legalsuper appoints Towers Watson

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... following a tender process overseen by Dymond, Foulds & Vaughan. "Towers Watson's wide global research capability, its clear focus on the asset consulting business and the demonstrable expertise of the consultants who will advise legalsuper were important ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher after investors regained some of their appetite to buy. The big miners and the major banks made early gains. IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said investors were using recent dividend payments to ...

Platforms press on in advice battleground

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... adviser were four times that of the platform adviser," Durbin said. Durbin said that when practices moved off-platform the focus moved from servicing the client and business development, to administration and operational tasks. "Scalability is always ...