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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... increasing efforts to contain the European debt crisis fuelled another volatile session, further diminishing bullion's appeal as a safe haven. Gold has lost seven per cent since hitting a record $US1,920.30 last Tuesday. Spot gold was down 1.8 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street rebounded from early losses to finish up, despite European and Asian markets earlier closing lower. At 0712 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 41 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
US stocks plunged on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding more than 300 points, as global stock markets were stung by fresh anxiety in the eurozone over Greece's bailout. The Dow fell 303.68 points (2.69 per cent) to close at 10,992.13. ...

Fortnum launches UMA to protect SMSF retirees

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... self-managed superannuation fund sector," said Ray Miles, chief executive officer, Fortnum. "They have also not provided adequate safe guards for clients concerned about market volatility when they are in the pension phase of their self managed super ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... that Germany would drop support to the latest Greece bailout plan. The global jitters sent US government debt, a traditional safe-haven asset, briefly surging to new record highs. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped to a historic low of 1.929 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... fell below $US1.41 during the trading session, while the price of gold jumped back above $US1,900 an ounce on demand for a safe haven investment. The single European currency later recovered to $US1.4109 in late afternoon trading against $US1.4203 late ...

WA adviser receives jail sentence and reparations

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
A Western Australian man has been sentenced to over three years in jail by the Perth District Court, in a case brought by ASIC. A reparation order of $1.7 million was also made. On 26 September 2008, ASIC suspended the Australian financial services ...

REITS, cash, equities the safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Australian REITS, cash products and equities have all been picked as the safest investment choices for advisers at the Midwinter Adviser Roadshow in Sydney this morning. Daniel Needham, managing director for Ibbotson Associates, told 380 delegates that ...

Industry body applauds move to define financial planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
The government will release a public consultation paper on defining the term 'financial planner' by law, obliging advisers to prove their credentials before offering services to clients. The Treasury has drawn praise from industry bodies for announcing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar is slightly higher as optimism grows that the Eurozone will issue its own bonds in a bid to ease sovereign debt crisis. At 0700 (AEST) on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.85 US cents, up from 103.75 cents on Friday. ...