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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
The Australian share market has begun the week weaker on Monday morning after heavy losses last week. At 1036 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 16.1 points lower at 4807.1 while the broader All Ordinaries index slipped 17.3 points to 4880.7. ...

ETF provider soothes market over risk issues

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
Exchange traded fund provider iShares has moved to reassure the market that Australian ETFs are not risky in the wake of warnings from global authorities about transparency and leverage issues. The Financial Stability Board, an international watch-dog ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
The Australian stock market is tipped to open higher, following a strong US lead, before slipping back into the red as the high Australian dollar continues to put a dampener on local trade. At 0730 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
1.00,1.03,1.05,1.08,1.10,1.20 - no these are not random numbers. These are the numbers marking the Australian dollar's recorded fresh - and fresher - after-float highs against its big brother, the US dollar. The last time I wrote about the value of ...

Financial services boost mixed Macquarie results

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Macquarie's Banking and Financial Services Group (BFS) generated $275 million in operating profit for the full year to March 31 2011, a 5 per cent increase on its contribution the previous year. BFS, which provides retail banking and financial services ...

SMSF trustees hit pension payment woe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees risk being hit by tax and forced liquidations in the pensions phase if they don't plan ahead, financial services firm HLB Mann Judd has warned. Michael Hutton, head of wealth management at the firm, said self-managed ...

Market volatility making boomers nervous

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Baby boomers and their advisers are becoming increasing concerned about the effect of market volatility on traditional investments, according to a MetLife poll. MetLife's Market Volatility Poll, conducted in February of this year, included 520 financial ...

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Uh-oh, this is the last day for equity investors to decide whether or not to "sell in May and go away". An article Reuters published on 27 April reminded me so. In it, Reuters wrote, "Jeffrey Hirsch, publisher of the Stock Trader's Almanac, offers some ...

Super funds praise reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
The superannuation funds industry responded to the Government's financial reforms today with praise for the expansion of scaled advice. The Future of Financial Advice reforms have expanded the limited form of financial advice to a range of providers ...

Dealer groups miss commissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
Dealer groups today welcomed the future of financial advice reforms - but unanimously disapproved of the banning of life insurance commissions within superannuation funds. MLC & NAB Wealth, AMP and AXA, and BT Financial Group said they were happy the ...