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Emerging markets to bounce back after correction

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
Emerging market equities came under the spotlight in last week's global markets downturn with some predicting a fall in investors' appetite for risk, but economists say it only signals a temporary correction for the sector. According to State Street's ...

Counting on SMAs with Praemium

... funds. The tie-up between Praemium/MLIM and a major financial planner is a positive development in the industry and could signal similar deals this year. "It's basically driven by Merrill Lynch. They're the ones who have been working with Count and we ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... which included across-the-board tax cuts and more help for families. NEW YORK - Optimism that the US Federal Reserve will signal a pause in nearly two years of interest-rate hikes sent the Dow Jones industrial average towards a record high. A broker's ...

Mariner joins SEQUAL to promote reverse mortgages

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
With plans to grow its reverse mortgage offering, Mariner Retirement Solutions has announced it has become a member of the Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL). SEQUAL is a not-for-profit body for providers of equity release ...

$38bn VFMC bigger and better

The $38 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is set to become a more powerful financial house after chief executive Syd Bone outlined a series of changes set to come into effect in the next financial year. Based in Melbourne, VFMC is ...

Health Super achieves its RSE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
Health Super, the $6 billion AAA-rated health industry fund based in Victoria but operating nationally, has been awarded its RSE license by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Chris Clausen, Health Super's chief executive officer ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
... NEW YORK - US stocks rallied, helped by a drop in crude oil prices and comments from Federal Reserve officials that could signal the Fed is almost done with raising interest rates. The interest-rate sentiment helped financial shares, as did a better ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2006
... points at 16,650.10. HONG KONG - Stocks ended higher ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting that some investors hope will signal interest rates are nearing a peak, pushing H-shares to their highest close in more than a month. The Hang Seng index ended ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2006
... finished a touch higher, amid expectations that weaker-than-expected housing data may give the Federal Reserve reason to signal an end to its campaign of interest-rate hikes. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 9.68 points at 11,279.97. The Standard ...

RP Data and Rismark to reform property pricing info

RP Data, Australia and NZ's biggest property data provider, and Rismark International, a real estate funds management JV with Macquarie Bank, have announced an Exclusive Strategic Partnership to rectify house pricing measurement inaccuracies. Under ...