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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 ...

Grady joins Macquarie board

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Macquarie Group has appointed former McKinsey & Company partner Diane Grady to its board of directors. Grady will join the boards of both Macquarie Group Limited and Macquarie Bank Limited as an independent non-executive director, effective May 19 2011. ...

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Global equities fund managers are often choosing the same stocks for their top 10 holdings, research house Lonsec has found in its latest global equity fund sector review. The review rated 39 funds of which 26 were qualitatively managed by active stock ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Australian shares have opened 0.5 per cent lower on concerns that the record high local currency will dent the export and other overseas earnings of local companies. At 1031 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 24 points, or 0.49 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Asian stocks ended mixed on Thursday as dealers took profits from early gains spurred by a Wall Street rally after Fed chief Ben Bernanke said the bank had no timetable for raising interest rates. The news from the Federal Reserve, however, sent the ...

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 ...

UBS lost fund finds a manager

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... experience, also co-founded boutique Australian equities manager Hayberry Investments, UBS said. He will begin work on May 9. Ben Heap, Head of UBS Global Asset Management, Australia and New Zealand, said the appointment would strengthen the intrinsic-value ...

New super products and mergers may result - insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
Life insurers predict dealer groups will create their own super products or be taken over by wealth managers while direct insurance will get a boost from new FOFA reforms. Life insurers and financial planners alike have responded with mixed reactions ...

Less conflict, more interest: FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
Despite some protests on the details of the proposed FOFA reforms, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said the changes, particularly the ban on 'conflicted remuneration', can only improve the planning industry's public image and encourage more Australians ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
The Australian share market was almost half a per cent stronger at noon, trading off its highs of the session as traders digested a new high for the Australian dollar and what it means for stocks and interest rates. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...