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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... waited for Australia's fourth-quarter inflation data, due out on Wednesday, to set the tone ahead of next-week's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting. "With underlying inflation slowing faster than expectations in the third quarter the market ...

Premium Wealth adds new practice to dealer network

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Premium Wealth Management has made another addition to its dealer group network with Pearman Financial Management joining its ranks and plans to continue to push for more firms to join its network. Pearman, a risk insurance-focused firm since 1999 ...

Agile, flexible portfolios big winners for instos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Investors will need to move quickly in 2012 as macroeconomic factors significantly impact investment outcomes, according to Mercer's outlook on the coming year. Portfolio flexibility and real-time governance models will be key to better results for ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... from 4.5%). Perhaps what gives is we've heard this tune before. And heck, this is good news compared with what the World Bank (WB) saw in its crystal ball only a few days back. The WB sees the world economy expanding by only 2.5% this year and by 3.1% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... were closed for the Lunar New Year. However, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock rose 0.2 per cent to 8,785.33, despite the central bank cutting growth forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 2012 and the following year because of a slowdown in overseas demand ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... to restructure Greece's debt were progressing and reports that France and Germany were calling for a relaxation of global bank capital rules. Plus, a weaker US dollar helped resources shares gain with investors buying into commodity markets despite a ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
It was another day on the financial markets, another one of those happy days. Yes Virginia, commodity markets are up, equity markets are up - even for those recently credit rating snipped Eurozone bourses - and bond yields are lower - even for those ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher. At 0800 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 4,208. No major economic news is expected on Tuesday. In equities news, Newcrest Mining and Aquarius Platinum give ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... production in 2012. Among the major banks, Westpac was 12 cents lower at $20.56, ANZ shed four cents to $20.85, National Australia Bank was off four cents at $23.84, but Commonwealth Bank was seven cents higher at $49.90. Investment firm AMCIL was steady ...

BofA: Fund managers appetite for risk growing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... US equities while 31% remain underweight in eurozone equities, up from 35% in December, with US fund managers returning to bank stocks with the proportion underweight in banks dropping to 16% from 32% last month. European fund managers continue to ignore ...