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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
The Australian sharemarket has continued to weaken for the sixth consecutive day, in line with losses on European markets. At noon the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 52 points, or 1.3 per cent, at 4,000, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Paul Costello appointed to AIA Australia board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
The former chair of the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group and the inaugural general manager of the Future Fund has been appointed to the board of AIA Australia. As non-executive director, Paul Costello will provide the life insurance firm with ...

Independent directors not the silver bullet answer, super fund chairs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
Four senior fund chairs were quizzed on various aspects of fund governance during this week's ASFA conference, which included the independence of directors and whether a time limit should be placed on a board member's tenure. Neil Cochrane, chair of ...

Regulators chase social media

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
The global investment world's use of social media has outpaced the regulators with a new research paper detailing the current state of this market and the required actions from advisers, dealer groups and investment managers to successfully navigate ...

ANZ Wealth appoints head of practice based fin planning

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Former BT and Commonwealth financial planning head, Neil Younger, has been named as head of practice based financial planning for ANZ Wealth. Younger's previous role was general manager for Commonwealth Financial Planning where he reported to then Colonial ...

Fidessa expands Aust presence in time for Chi-X

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
The Australian broker market and wider investment vehicles are far more prepared for the introduction of Chi-X in less than two weeks than other economies in the past, according to Fidessa, but there is still more work to be done. Fidessa, a trading ...

Tyndall expands credit team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Tyndall Investment Management has added to its fixed interest team with the appointment of two new credit analysts. Chris Rands has joined Tyndall from Moody's Investors Service where he was an analyst in its structured finance business. Simon Wang ...

Investment manager goes mobile

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
Ethical funds manager Hunter Hall has updated its website for portable compatibility, after new research revealed that a large number of users are accessing the site through mobile devices. Information technology and projects manager, Asher Lockhart ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
The Australian share market is expected to decline following falls on Wall Street overnight on scepticism about the deal to resolve the US debt crisis. At 0717 AEST on the ASX 24 on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

Fidelity sees market ripe for growth investments

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
Fidelity's growth at a reasonable price (GARP) fund was the only manager in its peer group to retain a five star rating from Standard & Poor's fund services and portfolio manager Paul Taylor is optimistic that good value remains in the market. As part ...