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Unlisted assets should be limited: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... limits on how many illiquid investments they can hold. John Brogden, IFSA chief executive, told ABC BusinessLateLine last night that "We believe there should only be 20 per cent of assets in any fund that are illiquid, the other 80 per cent should be ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... and copper prices also firmed during trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange. "Commodities prices were all strong last night, oil included with the base metals strength as well," Mr Spiteri said.

25 bps to win Melbourne Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... global repercussions. And although positive signs have been coming in, the recovery remains fragile. For instance, last night's news revealed that new housing starts rose by less than expected in September, the August numbers were revised lower and building ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... never breached parity with the greenback since the Hawke Government floated the currency on 9 December 1983. As for last night's action on Wall Street. Either Meredith Whitney is superbly prescient or she has inside information. Recall she recanted her ...

Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... taken a year to come, but it has come. The Dow Jones Industrial Index crossed the psychological 10,000 mark, ending last night's trading activity 1.5 higher at 10,015.86 points. Yeah...yeah, it's just a number. But it's 'the' number that could finally ...

Show me the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... And if you believe the headlines, she is once more pulling Wall Street her way. That she is 'largely' responsible for last night's dip in America's major equity indices. She perfectly timed her 'buy' recommendation on Goldman Sachs last reporting season ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... Even better, 35,400 were full-time. The US ship may still be battling headwinds but is heading in the right direction. Last night's data showing that initial claims for jobless benefits for the week ended 3 October - a 10-month low - confirms this. Even ...

Earnings surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... once more. But it might be different this time. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq narrowly escaped a broadly down day during last night's trading - both ending 0.3 per cent higher - while the Dow slipped by 0.1 per cent after Alcoa, America's biggest aluminium ...

Campbell wins 2009 AFA Adviser of the Year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... Balance, has won the seventh AFA Adviser of the Year Award at the association's gala dinner held at the Gold Coast last night. The five other finalists this year were Marc Bineham from Noall & Co; John Campbell from One Stop Financial Services; Michael ...

Shadow of a doubt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Could it be that the shadow of doubt is slowly creeping back into market consciousness? Sure, Wall Street jumped last night but why didn't the justifications sound as convincing as say, back in the first half of the year, when green shoots were all ...