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Market Wrap - Morning

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
The Australian share market received negative leads from Wall Street in the end, with all three key indices finishing in the red. Precious metals were down, but copper and oil were higher, crude jumping over six per cent. At 0814 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Fizzler. This is the equity market's verdict on US President Barack Obama's latest salvo on preserving the 'American Dream'. If the Dow's overnight fall to a six-year low is anything to go by, yesterday's unveiling of the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability ...

Malaysia tops shariah funds list

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Malaysia may have overtaken Saudi Arabia to boast the highest number of shariah funds in the world - but the Asian Islamic country has a long way to go in building up assets for each of its 145 funds, according to a new report. November figures from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Australian markets have received mixed leads. While Wall Street was slightly higher in late-afternoon trade, precious metals were higher, copper was up, too, but crude oil ended up lower. At 0709 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures ...

Invest in shares or migrate: Ruthven

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Planners should start investing in Australian equities while the ASX200 is at a "ridiculous" 3,400 level or miss out on a rare opportunity to add value to their client portfolios, said Phil Ruthven, IBISWorld executive chair. Ruthven said the local ...

Pearce rejects "sloppy" league tables

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... labelled the proposed superannuation league tables a "dangerous compromise". "A single figure trust level return on assets (RoA) is merely an aggregation of the investment experience of thousands of members - in hundreds of investment options, across ...

Planners to face cashflow crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Small-to-medium size financial planning firms risk bankruptcy if they don't quickly adjust their cashflow needs to suit today's realities, and the earlier they talk to their banker about needing extra help, the better, said one banking specialist. Malcolm ...

In planners we trust

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Trust and familiarity are often more valued by clients than advisers' technical expertise particularly in today's volatile market, according to Professional Investment Services. Tom Lawton, ex-Wallabies player and group manager, international business ...

Cycling for charity: Quadrant

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
Are you up for a 100km bicycle ride from Port Arthur to Hobart to help young people with problems kick their addictions? For Quadrant Super, riding for charity is a breeze. The Tasmanian-based super fund is one of the corporate sponsors of Live Free ...

APRA fund level reporting proposals dangerous

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... disclose fund returns to consumers. In a discussion paper released yesterday, IFSA said, "APRA's plan to publish trust level ROA [return on assets] data is considered by the industry [IFSA members] to be a dangerous compromise between the information ...