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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving weak leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street flat, European markets mixed, Asian markets mostly closed, while precious metals were higher. Oil was down slightly. On the ASX 24 at 0642 AEDT, the March ...

Fairview beats benchmark by a mile

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
NabInvest-backed, small cap boutique, Fairview Equity Partners, celebrated its second anniversary by recording two-year gross performance before tax of 42.8 per cent per annum - an average 18 per cent outperformance over its benchmark for each year. ...

CFD newcomer backs tighter ASIC rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
Capital CFDs tackles Australia's contracts-for-difference (CFD) market despite ASIC tightening its regulations. Australia's CFD market, reportedly the second largest globally, was hit hard during the GFC with many investors exposed to the drawbacks ...

FPA launches new strategy, brand

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Financial Planning Association has unveiled a new strategy and brand at the FPA National Conference on the Gold Coast this morning as part of a broader effort to restore consumer trust post-GFC. As part of the strategy, the FPA has proposed a number ...

SSgA hits $3bn in ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
State Street Global Advisors has reached the $3 billion in total funds under management mark for its SPDR range of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in Australia, up more than 50 per cent over 12 months. This is 52 per cent higher than the $1.97 billion ...

FPA chief to champion planner needs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... concerns. "He needs to make sure he has a clear understanding of how people actually see things," he said. "I've known Mark for a long time and he's got a good background in working with advisers on a day-to-day basis so he has an inclination but, importantly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Monday, after US markets rose to a nine-month high overnight as manufacturing, housing and banking reports suggesting that the economy is gaining strength. At 0716 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on Monday, falling from an almost nine-month high, after subdued stock performances on US markets and declines in Europe on Friday. At 0727 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Gloves off ahead of APRA report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Sean Henaghan, investment director at AMP Capital Investors, said investment decisions were made that resulted in one of AMP's super investment options ranking among the worst performing default options according to SelectingSuper, but he said the firm ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... handed in the past three months alone. Being a lagging indicator, the US labour market is sure to pass the two million mark for the entirety of 2008 as heads that were guillotined in December are added to the casualty count. There are two ways of interpreting ...