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Motivational advice for advisers

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS THE OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER OF THE AFA CONFERENCE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... professional basketball player joining the Hobart Devils and Melbourne Tigers. Other speakers featured in the three day event are Olympic rower Nick Green, award-winning film director Khoa Do and strategic branding expert David Avrin. Bailey said many ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after Wall St fell over one per cent on Friday. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract lost 74 points, or 1.49 per cent, to 4,880. Today, the Australian ...

Commodities investors nervous about inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
Demand for comodities may have no end in sight but individual investors may be showing signs of nervousness about the sector and whether the surging demand will continue to translate into high share prices and protect them to insulate them against inflation. ...

China's investor confidence crisis

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... be forced to intervene and restore confidence, especially in the lead-up to the country's global economic showcase the Olympic games. Despite rising food and energy prices and a credit tightening, China's underlying growth prospects appear to remain ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... $43.58, while Rio Tinto lost $1.69 to $106.35. BHP fell after rumours it was sitting on the world's largest gold resource at Olympic Dam in South Australia proved misguided, after it released statistics on the mine in its annual report. The company revealed ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... mixed, with oil and gold down on Friday. "There are a few rumours around that BHP Billiton may upgrade reserves at its Olympic Dam (copper-uranium) mine later this week, which seems to be lifting BHP as well as Rio Tinto. "There is also a degree of strength ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
There's nothing like waking up to the joyful chirping of Black Hawk helicopters and protesters performing their morning ablutions under the energetic stream of a $600,000 water cannon. No wonder Sydney residents are being given the big heave-ho. It's ...

BT gets Oarsome and rows ahead of fleet

James Tomkins, Olympic gold medallist and member of the 'Oarsome Foursome' Australian rowing team has joined the investment management sales division of BT Financial Group in Melbourne. Tomkins previously worked at Westpac Private Banking before moving ...

Home-grown talent bag global awards

Local fund managers Colonial First State Investments (CFS) and Ausbil Dexia are the recipients of three prestigious international fund manager awards, proof that Australia's globally-renowned talent extends beyond the Olympics and the Oscars. This month ...

AustralianSuper moniker confusion

A battle may emerge over the use of the moniker 'AustralianSuper' with almost identical names being registered and similar logos appearing on two funds' websites. Recently merged mega-fund AustralianSuper successfully registered its trustee company ...