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Government confirms ban on commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Government's release of the second tranche of its Future of Financial Advice Reforms has provided few surprises, reinforcing plans to ban conflicted remunerations and soft dollar arrangements. Given the level of fanfare that has surrounded the entire ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... stock on the ASX 100, plunging 11.1 per cent to $1.17. Typically defensive health care stocks were the only shares to gain ground, with CSL adding 3.2 per cent at $29.73.

Call for realism on planner services

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... early meetings with a financial planner if deep down they are hoping for suggested investments where they can get in at the ground floor and earn fantastic returns." Instead the focus should be on making people aware of the benefits an adviser can deliver ...

AFS to focus on independent market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... group and tested what advisers want in the marketplace. "We were looking for the ability to build our own product from the ground up so we contribute to every aspect of the product and make sure all the way along that it is developed in conjunction with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... throughout the week," he said. The local financial sector was also 3.54 per cent higher, with all the major retail banks gaining ground. National Australia Bank was the strongest performer, up 4.8 per cent to $22.17. Making news on Tuesday, Telstra rose ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... trade 1.4 per cent up, after a significant rebound in European bank stocks on Friday. All the major retail banks gained ground, with Westpac the strongest performer, up 2.35 per cent to $19.17. Energy stocks slipped 0.85 per cent after world oil prices ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... allowed the typically defensive sector to outperform, rising 0.35 per cent. Making news on Tuesday, more than 4000 of Qantas' ground staff walked off the job in a four-hour work stoppage after last-minute talks with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... and profits that fell short of analysts' expectations. The news confirmed fears that RIM's BlackBerry devices are losing ground to Apple's iPhones and Google's Android smartphones. At a meeting in Poland, the euro zone's finance ministers decided to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... stocks were up 2.6 per cent, with all the major retail banks trading higher. The National Australian Bank gained the most ground, rising three per cent, or 67 cents, to $23.00. Turnover was 806.96 million shares changing hands for $1.76 billion, with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... incidences of industrial action as workers seek higher rewards from the copper price bonanza. Production and shipments ground to a halt at Freeport McMoran's Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia after thousands of workers began a month-long strike on Thursday ...