The Hon Chris Bowen MP to open BEYOND 2013

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The Financial Services Council (FSC) is thrilled to announce the nation’s newly announced Treasurer as the opening speaker of BEYOND 2013. In one of his first major speaking engagements since becoming Treasurer,... Read more continue reading

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited pays $95,000 infringement notice penalty

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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited (“Credit Suisse”) has paid a penalty of $95,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (“MDP”). The penalty... Read more continue reading

Housing finance report – May 2013

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Total housing lending rose by 2.0% in May and is 15.5% higher over the year. Owner‑occupied lending continues to trend upwards. The number of loans to owner‑occupiers rose by 1.8%... Read more continue reading

Market Vectors appoints head of business Australia

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Market Vectors ETF Trust (Market Vectors), the exchange traded fund (ETF) business of Van Eck Global, today announced the appointment of Arian Neiron as Managing Director of its Australian business.... Read more continue reading

Commsec: Unemployment rate lifts to 4-year high

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Labour force Jobs & jobless rate: Employment rose by 10,300 in June after falling by a revised 700 jobs in May (previously reported as a 1,100 rise in jobs). Economists had... Read more continue reading

TAL transforms around its customers

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Australia’s leading life insurer, TAL, is transforming its business to be truly customer focussed and has created a new business unit to centralise and align its various customer services functions... Read more continue reading

Commsec: Mining states more pessimistic

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Consumer confidence; Chinese trade data Consumer sentiment: The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence fell by 0.1 per cent in July. Three of the five components of the index fell in... Read more continue reading

New addition to Bennelong Funds Management’s sales team

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Bennelong Funds Management (BFM) has appointed Jodie Saw to the role of Director, Distribution QLD. The new role has been created to grow the Group’s retail footprint throughout Queensland and... Read more continue reading

netwealth Group appoints Kate Mulligan to board

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netwealth, one of Australia’s largest privately owned wealth management groups, today announced the appointment of Kate Mulligan to the netwealth Group board as a non-executive director. Kate’s appointment brings the number... Read more continue reading

Leading recognition award for female advisers is open for nominations

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), in conjunction with TAL Life Insurance, is calling for nominations for the 2013 AFA Female Excellence in Advice (FEIA) Award. With nominations closing 31... Read more continue reading