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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Australian share market was 1.3 per cent lower in intra-day trading, with offshore currency plays and China's surprise interest rate hike weighing on the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 63.6 points, or 1.37 per cent, at ...

AMP launches planning course

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... former Securitor financial planner started an online financial planning educational website service, innergi, catching the interest of various dealer groups and super funds.

AXA IM gains more from European property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... revaluation this year. Similarly, the fund bought a property in London last October which, after the fund sold the leasehold interest to a developer, rose 25 per cent in value. Patel said it's the pricing differentials in Europe post-GFC that will generate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... released on Tuesday, say that while the overall global outlook was broadly unchanged since the RBA board's previous meeting, interest rates would need to rise "at some point". Mr Weston said the Australian dollar had risen since the RBA minutes were ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... job that the bond vigilantes prevented their fiscal counterparts from completing. Yes, I refer to the sharp spike in interest rates that began in Greece and ate almost all of Europe. The bond vigilantes' punishment of Europe scared the beejesus out of ...

Dollar rise to boost planner wages

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... establish a new average of around $US1.10, buoyed by Australia's long-term upswing in commodities, managed inflation and high interest rates. The prospect of a stronger dollar, in turn, will place unprecedented pressure on employers in terms of wages. ...

QIC offers instos inflation protection

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
One of the country's largest fixed interest managers raises the ante in the race to provide investors with income protection against rising inflation. After a brief period of incubation, Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has opened the QIC GFI ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... appreciation. Britain's Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) now expects the Bank of England to keep nail interest rates at 0.5 per cent until late 2012 and announce another 100 billion pounds or US$160 billion in bond purchases on top of ...

All cashed up and ready to pounce

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... USaver SMSF product last month, offering a rate of 6.16 per cent per annum. The product charges no fees and offers a bonus interest when the account holder doesn't make any withdrawals over a certain period.

Assets that thrive under pressure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Fixed interest, hedge funds and indexed investments were the top three asset classes based on growth in funds under management (FUM), according to Rainmaker research. Figures show that these three asset classes grew their FUM between June 2007 and June ...