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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
The Australian share market has opened higher. At 1010 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12 points, or 0.20 per cent, at 5,980.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up also 12 points, or also 0.20 per cent, at 5,947.4. On ...

Midwinter launches scaled advice division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Software provider Midwinter has set up a scaled advice division and appointed a former Fortnum Financial executive to lead the company's strategy in this area. Halie Samson will be head of scaled advice at Midwinter and was previously project manager ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Sufferin' succotash! Now we're really in trouble. Australians all, let's not rejoice for the bad news is piling up on us... one after the other. There's slowing China - GDP decelerated to 7.0% in the first quarter from 7.4% in 2014 - and is pushing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a rally in petroleum-linked equities helped lift US stocks following mixed earnings and economic data. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 38 points at 5,937. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower, weighed down by weakness in the big banks. HC Securities senior client adviser Mark Lennox said the banks were lower because investors had already factored in the probability of another interest rate cut ...

Frydenberg sets fuse on Trowbridge time bomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has started his countdown for the risk advice industry to get its house in order before the government takes action - and the industry doesn't have long. Speaking at a BT-sponsored Financial Services Council (FSC) ...

Suncorp names new chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
A new Suncorp group chief executive has been appointed following the announcement that incumbent Patrick Snowball will leave the company in October. Upon Snowball's departure, GPT chief executive and managing director Michael Cameron will assume his ...

Cheap talk, cheaper money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
They talk the talk but aren't walking the talk. This is what I walk out with after poring through the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) sentiment and asset allocation surveys conducted in the last week of March. In its 2 April report ...

Tax debate highlights need for investments outside super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The questions raised about tax concessions for superannuation balances in Treasurer Joe Hockey's Tax Discussion Paper highlight the growing need for alternative investment options outside super, according to Centuria Life general manager Neil Rogan. ...

Decimal Software partners with US fintech giant

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
ASX-listed Decimal Software has partnered with United States fintech company Yodlee to enter the US market for the first time. Decimal confirmed it has already opened an office in the country and expects to benefit from Yodlee's platform, which counts ...