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Instos face debate on EM strategy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... company as well as a cross-border, cross-asset class response options to changes in the macro-environment, according to Morgan Harting, senior portfolio manager. For Peter Marber, HSBC head of emerging markets debt business strategy however, the merits ...

Risk advisers optimistic about long-term

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... uncertainty around FOFA, risk advisers are looking forward with optimism to the opportunities that 2012 may bring," Colin Morgan, chief executive officer of Zurich's Australian Life and Investments business said. "This is the first index to specifically ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
The Australian share market has opened firmer as traders await a busy Thursday for local earnings reports. At 1015 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18.7 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,292.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
Australian shares have opened almost 1.5 per cent higher after the release of better-than-expected US jobs figures. The Wall Street rallied on Friday after official figures showed the US unemployment rate fell from 8.5 per cent in December to 8.3 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
Australian shares have posted strong gains after better-than-expected trade data boosted already buoyant mining stocks. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showing a surge in exports and a widening trade surplus gave further impetus to mining ...

Retail advice industry needs new models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... genuine alternative." In a reflection of changes to the competitive landscape, O'Sullivan pointed to research from Roy Morgan which revealed that in the 12 months to June last year, 10 per cent of superannuation fund products that switched to industry ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
Australian shares have stayed in positive territory as hopes for a debt deal with Greece buoyed European shares and rising commodity prices boosted miners and energy companies. Energy stocks led the push higher, adding 0.7 per cent after news that the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... indebted nation and boosting commodities prices. US stocks gave financials more positive leads after Bank of America and Morgan Stanley's results both topped analysts' forecasts and reinforced positive data showing jobless claims fell to their lowest ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... equities with Bank of America reporting Q4 earning of US$0.15 per share, up from a US$0.16 a share loss a year before while Morgan Stanley's reported US$0.14 per share loss was not as bad as markets' expected. And finally, there's Europe. There's good ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 is up 4 points to 1,311. The Nasdaq composite is up 12 points to 2,781. Bank of America and Morgan Stanley rose after reporting results that were better than analysts had expected. Bank of America returned to profit ...