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Enduring baby boomers redefine retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Demographic and societal forces at work among retirees in Australia over the next decade will transform the concept of retirement, with huge implications for industries that service them such as super funds and financial advisers. These were the observations ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
You just gotta love the financial markets -- they don't run out of things to speculate about. With QE speculation over, the guessing game has shifted to whether or not QEs will work to bring back animal spirits and lead to a longer lasting and durable ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite a lack of direction from Wall Street at the end of the week with little concrete news for investors to grab on to. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The Australian market opened slightly higher after weak leads from Wall Street and European markets. At 1016 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.7 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4,405.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Outsourcing risk worries APRA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Concern over banks increasing their use of overseas outsourcing without appropriate due diligence, has been flagged by the Prudential Regulation Authority in its Insight paper, published earlier in the week. A focus on cost control by Australian deposit ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Despite a common perception that the Republican Party is good for business, over the past 12 elections spanning 48 years, the S&P 500 has in fact delivered higher average annual returns under Democratic governments. That's according to a recent paper ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The BlackRock Australian Equity Market Neutral Fund received double honours at the annual Cure Our Kids Australian Hedge Fund Awards last night, winning awards for Australian hedge fund of the year, and best market neutral fund. The wholesale fund delivered ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
With three of the world's biggest central banks - The Fed, the ECB and the BOJ - flooding the world with money, financial markets are still digesting what this all means. The "will they, won't they" do a QE question had been answered. They did. Now ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished lower on ...