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Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas." Things are looking bright. Mister Market's mood is turning to yuletide cheer. And why not? It's looking good not only for the remainder of 2010 but also beyond the New Year. Sure, there are still ten trading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving uncertain leads from offshore trading overnight, with equities markets and commodities both turning in mixed performances. On the ASX 24 at 0723 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was eight points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... stocks had risen for every decline in the S&P/ASX50 at noon. "It looks like a pretty positive day," IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said from Melbourne. "They are pretty much broad-based gains in the local market at the moment," Mr Potter said. ...

Aberdeen mounts case for active fixed income investing

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
While the active versus passive debate usually centers around stocks, one of the country's largest fixed interest managers is keen to have the same argument around bonds. In a new paper, Abedeen's head of Australian Fixed Income, Victor Rodriguez, argues ...

Grinch vs Santa

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... extension compromise. Santa repeats, the US economy is on track for recovery. This was ensured by BO's (Barrack Obama not Ben Ong) announcement yesterday of the tax extension deal. Americans will now not have less money come the New Year. Plus, the global ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities indices mixed, whilst precious metals and oil were lower. The US dollar rose. On the ASX 24 at 0619 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
The Australian share market was slighly weaker at noon with continuing strength in the resource sector fighting to offset weakness among the major banks. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 8.4 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,718.2 ...

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. ...

Astarra director faces five years jail, $220k fine

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
The former director of Astarra Asset Management, Shawn Richard, faces a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment or a $220,000 fine - or both - and has been banned for life from providing financial services. Richard pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonest ...

Court rejects Great Southern statement of claim

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
Great Southern investors face another roadblock after the Victorian Supreme Court decided not to allow Macpherson+Kelley to file its latest statement of claim in the class action against Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. This decision follows an earlier decision ...