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UBS promotes Rider to new head of inv strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... Australia. Stefan Lecher, global head of strategists for GIS, said the appointment reflects the team's Australia focus while Ben Heap, head of global asset management in Australia and New Zealand said the new role will be closely linked to Australian ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
Phew! That was one hell of a ride wasn't it? Now that our collective heartbeats have calmed down to their resting pace, what now? Well let's see. As far as Ireland goes, it's going... to do something, that is. It's got the weight of Europe plus the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. European markets were clearly higher while Wall St is flat in afternoon trade. Precious metals were mixed, and oil was down. On the ASX24 at 0637 AEDT, the December share ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The Australian sharemarket was firmly in the red at midday with losses in all sectors, following falls on overseas markets overnight. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 69.6 points, or 1.48 per cent, at 4,630.6, while the broader ...

Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Australian shares have rallied in October after a strong September lead but the median result for Australian share funds were slightly worse than the market, the latest Mercer Survey shows. The median of the Mercer Australian Shares survey for the year ...

Perth mint eyes gold investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The Western Australian government is making it easier for retail investors to buy gold and silver investments in real-time through a new project spearheaded by the Perth Mint. Targeting investors from individuals to institutions looking for volume breaks ...

ASIC cracks down on CFD trading

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
ASIC has turned its attention to over-the-counter contracts for difference (CFDs), and is calling for improved product disclosure to help retail investors understand the highly leveraged derivative products they trade. The corporate regulator released ...

Fees on SG super should be cost-recovery: IPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Fees on compulsory superannuation should be slashed to only be on the basis of cost-recovery, said the conservative think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Sinclair Davidson, a senior fellow at the IPA and professor of institutional economics at ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Whac-a-mole 2.0! Remember whac-a-mole 1.0 when the global financial crisis was just starting? It was then, that the air was ripe with speculation as to which financial institution's head - Bear Sterns, Fannie/Freddie, AIG - the US Fed/Treasury tandem ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key indices and commodities significantly lower. On the ASX24 at 0643 AEDT, the December share price index contract was 68 points lower at 4,645 points. ...