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DB's Boyton sees "slow, steady decline" in Aussie housing

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Deutsche Bank Australia chief economist Adam Boyton weighed in on one of the hottest topics within wealth management at the Deutsche Asset Management conference this morning in Sydney. "The long-term trajectory I think for house prices in Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Local markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with heavy falls on Wall Street, oil falling below $US75, and metals, too generally lower. Only gold futures rose. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

AMP books 4.4pc rise in profits, AUM stable

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
AMP Limited has posted half year underlying profits of $383 million, up 4.4 per cent compared to last time, buoyed by stable earnings from its insurance and wealth management arms. The company declared an interim dividend of 15 cents per share, 60 per ...

OC Funds unveils distribution strategy, appoints Purpura

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
OC Funds Management has appointed Peter Purpura, former managing director of Fisher Graham Financial, as its head of retail distribution, who will head a more aggressive distribution strategy for the firm. In addition to his former position at Fisher ...

Converting to convertible bonds

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
With economies on both sides of the Atlantic faced with the dual threats of rising debt and deficits, and stubbornly high unemployment, economists and central bankers are divided as to whether the escalating prices of the late 1970's or a Japanese-style ...

Time to lift operational reserves: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
Funds need to ramp up their operational reserves, according to new research from Mercer. "As a minimum, we recommend that all funds should have an operational risk reserve equal to either 100 per cent of the fund's annual in-house operating costs, 50 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
Australian stocks were lower at noon, extending losses from the open in quiet conditions with big institutional players mostly staying on the sidelines. At 1206 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 27.6 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,567.3 points ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Proposed trustee governance reforms will fix many of the regulatory gaps in the system, but Cooper Review panelist Sandy Grant questions adopting 'listed company' type governance measures, such as mandatory pay disclosure, just for the sake of having ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Another day, another flat, uneventful day on Wall Street. Reports out overnight were mostly positive but these did not stop profit-taking on The Street. Good news on the US jobs front... but not good enough. Initial claims for unemployment insurance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is likely to open in positive territory after the Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced gains for the fourth consecutive day. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up ...