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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
The Australian share market has opened lower after five straight days of gains and a fall on Wall Street overnight. At 1015 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22.8 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 5,219.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Friday the 13th spook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
The Australian share market's run of five straight gains looks set to end, as global markets posted a soft night of trade. The September share price index futures contract was down nine points at 5,230. In news on Friday, ANZ makes its monthly interest ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Australian shares are flat as investors stand by for unemployment data for August. The local market closed at the highest point since June 2008 on Wednesday, after posting several days of gains following a coalition election victory. But CommSec market ...

Club Plus climbs aboard DI bandwagon

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Industry fund Club Plus Super is the latest superannuation fund to launch a direct investment option, which may stave off the flow of members with high account balances setting up self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The new Direct Investment Option will ...

McGrath Estate Agents partners with Aura FM for SIV funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Aura Funds Management (AFM) has launched two funds that comply with the Commonwealth Government's Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program. The two funds - known as the Australian Core Property Fund and the Australian Strategic Equities Fund - provide ...

New AllianceBernstein fund offers solution for Fed tapering

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
AllianceBernstein is preparing to launch a global fixed income fund with an absolute return objective to the Australian retail market. With the end of the US Federal Reserve's US$85 billion a month quantitative easing policy looming on the horizon ...

Syria on ice and other things nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on most international markets overnight with traders cautious despite a possible deal aimed at preventing a US-led military attack on Syria. At 0755 AEST on Thursday, the September share price ...

NGS Super rethinks ESG as green option flops

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
NGS Super is launching a new socially responsible investment option that will screen out tobacco, armaments and pornography, after its green shares option failed to attract sufficient interest. NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball said that ...