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10m Aussies 'Like' Facebook

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
A new survey reveals 50% of Americans think Facebook is just a passing fad, but don't tell that to the 10 million Australians that use it, making Australia on a per capita basis one of Facebook's best markets. According to telephone survey of 1004 American ...

Aussie fund wins $1.1bn PNG super mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Ascalon aligned PacWealth Capital has been awarded a $1.1bn mandate to manage assets for the Papua New Guinea National Superannuation Fund. The National Superannuation Fund (NASFUND) was the first approved superannuation fund to be licensed by the central ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... what you're doing by holding companies that invest in commodities is really holding exposure to the stock market and the Aussie dollar." First Quadrant has recently conducted research that looks at the correlation between total ASX return and price changes ...

Currencies dominate CFDs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Currencies dominated first quarter trading in CFDs, according to one provider, with a third of traders focused on the Aussie dollar. Research from Capital CFDs has shown AUD/USD remains the most popular contract for difference (CFD) followed by EUR/USD ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... Thursday had sent the Australian dollar higher. "Yesterday's robust employment figures were a real shot in the arm for the Aussie dollar," he said. "That momentum's carried forward to today, and there's a better sentiment across the Asian currencies ...

Indonesian inflation falls to 4.25pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... investors and if the choices these buyers have in regional bond markets keep increasing then their unfetted demand for Aussie bonds and consequently the AUD will fall. Reflecting this, some commentators are already forecasting the AUD to drop back to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... and as the US dollar regained some strength. "There's a clear downtrend in risk assets going on at the moment, and the Aussie dollar is caught up in that," he said. "We are expecting further weakness - that is further US dollar strength. "Anytime the ...

Super potential underrated by Aussies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Baby Boomers rate financial independence as costing $750,000 and wish to retire early but do not see their superannuation as the answer, reflecting a change in sentiment. In a new study assessing attitudes to individual financial health, Baby Boomers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... of a cent in morning trade after disappointing trade figures. "It's (the market's) well supported in this region and the Aussie dollar is down as well, so we could see some stability and consolidation around the current levels," he said. In news, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... of a cautious mood setting in across markets and when that happens you see the high risk/high yielding assets like the Aussie dollar lose steam," he said. In Europe, London's FTSE 100 dropped 1.03 per cent and Germany's DAX 30 fell 1.13 per cent. In ...