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MSCI upgrades heighten frontier market concentration risk

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... September to discuss frontier and emerging markets investing with super funds and consultants and also to speak at a major conference.

FSC Conference kicks off July 31

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) will be holding its annual conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 31 - August 2. Shadow Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services Mathias Cormann and FSC chief executive John ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... 3.6 per cent in May on the back of aircraft sales, and housing prices adding a huge 2.5 per cent. In addition, the Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 81.4, up from 74.3 in May. After weeks of selling in spite of signs of stronger ...

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... threats so seriously, Randy Snook, SIFMA executive vice president of business policy and practices, told the SIFMA Tech conference in New York this week that in 2011 alone the FBI investigated over 400 reported cases of attempted corporate account takeovers ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... yourself here: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/06/19/parsing-the-fed-how-the-statement-changed-31/ At his press conference and Q&A, Big Benny might have used different words but the message hasn't changed and this is that the outlook for monetary ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... saying that unemployment remains high and growth is still being held back by government spending cuts. But during a news conference Bernanke said that "the committee currently anticipates that it would be appropriate to moderate the monthly pace of purchases ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... Reserve's policy panel on Tuesday kicked off a two-day meeting that will culminate in a Wednesday policy statement and news conference with chairman Ben Bernanke. Investors in recent weeks have speculated the Fed would soon taper its $US85 billion ($A89.44 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... Woolworths supermarkets and petrol MD Tjeed Jegen are scheduled to address the Australian National Retailers Association's conference on Retail Nation 2013 in Sydney. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher ...

Big groups court AFS advisers with inducements

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group practices have been offered substantial financial deals to join bigger groups after the group entered into administration, according to a former AFS chief executive. Beacon Financial managing director former ...

ASX to introduce VIX futures contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... Institute at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and a leading authority on VIX, gave a talk at the ASX Institutional Conference in Sydney, entitled 'Volatility as a Tradable Asset'. Rhoades said the original intention was for VIX to serve as a measure ...