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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened slightly lower as resources stocks lost ground due to a fall in commodity prices. Offshore equity markets failed to provide a lead for local investors, with Wall Street hardly moving after its biggest gain for ...

Macquarie sees managed accounts surge

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Macquarie Private Portfolio Management has signed white label and co-branded product agreements to provide individually and separately managed accounts to two groups with its distribution now reaching over 30 financial advisory dealer groups. The managed ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
It really does pour when it rains. I'm talking about the pouring of positive economic and survey stats primarily out of America in recent months and the optimism it engenders in investors everywhere and the virtuous cycle that this optimism has started ...

Take advantage of current concessional caps: OnePath

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Advisers should urge their clients to take advantage of current super concessional caps, with legislative uncertainty surrounding contribution limits for the over 50s from July 1. That's according to Andrew Lowe, head of technical sales strategy at ...

Xenophon targets super funds for greater transparency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Remuneration together with better risk disclosure and information benchmarks will be the focus of new proposed legislation from independent Senator Nick Xenophon aimed at increased transparency in superannuation. The move was sparked by concern over ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... Wall Street closed at its highest level since the end of 2007. Positive comments from United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, including expectations that the unemployment rate would keep falling, helped Wall Street post its biggest gains ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Is this what the other side looks like? 'Twas exactly a week ago today that financial markets suffered an attack of the jitters as all things dark and gloomy flashed before their eyes. You, I and Irene remember that day oh so well. The day there was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after strong gains on Wall Street on robust German economic data and stronger than expected US retail figures. At 0705 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 43 points at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
The Australian share market opened higher on Tuesday in the wake of a mixed performance by markets in the United States. At 1014 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.0 points, or 0.57 per cent, at 4,220.7 points, while the broader ...

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
It was another ho-hum day in the financial markets overnight. It was an unspectacular boring day, no matter how much the finance and investment commentariat would like to have you believe otherwise. The general thrust of cyber reports were that equities ...