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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
The Australian sharemarket dipped into the red at noon after spending all morning in positive territory, as a mixed lead from New York and firmer base metals were not enough to boost the market. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 10.6 ...

Move over BRICs, Middle East is coming

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
The long-term growth potential in BRIC economies remains high yet will stabilise as China exhibits 'bubble' characteristics, but if the Middle East continues to liberalise it will offer even bigger potential. Speaking at the FPA conference last week ...

AMP grants $100,000 to Future2

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
AMP has thrown their support behind the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Future2 Foundation through a $100,000 donation. Corinne Dieters, trustee of Future2, said the foundation aimed to provide financial skills to young and disadvantaged Australians ...

Oil prices a two-way street

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
Record high oil prices is fuelling the Middle East to export nearly as much capital as they do oil, tying their economies to that of the west and acting as a brake on ever higher fuel prices. Saudi Arabia produces about one-third of the world's oil ...

VicSuper wins Sustainability Super Fund award

VicSuper has received the inaugural Sustainable Super Fund of the Year award at the Australian Sustainability Awards held last week. Organised by sustainability publication specialist Australian Ethical Investor, two new awards were introduced this ...

The golden age of SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
The post retirement sector is expected to grow at 27 per cent in the next five years, with the self managed super funds (SMSF) sector set to grow at nearly twice that rate, according to Andrew Gale, partner at Trowbridge Deloitte. Speaking at the Financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher, according to the futures index, however, base metals are mixed and Wall Street has been flat overnight. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 23 points ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
More than two in five women with dependents have no life insurance because many perceive purchasing life insurance to be a costly, time-consuming exercise, according to an Allianz report. Meredith Barnes, national development manager, said women either ...

Fix your interest

Suncorp has launched an online savings account that allows account holders to name how much interest they want to earn on their money. The new product, called eOptions, will allow everyday savers to lock in higher interest earnings on their cash. For ...

All aboard SimCorp Xpress

Exotic instruments could soon become familiar territory to Australian-based fund managers after software specialist SimCorp expanded XpressInstruments, a software module for alternative investments. Visiting Australia last week, SimCorp's global chief ...