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Cry of the banshee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
Just like most of you, I waited for the fat lady to sing last Friday night on Wall Street - sing a song that ultimately puts doubts over the US economic recovery to rest. I was expecting the fat lady's rendition of the Silver Convention's "Get Up and ...

Telstra Super majority returns above 10%

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Telstra Super annual returns scored double digits for the last financial year, with six out of its nine accumulated investment options performing above 10%. This is the second consecutive year with promising results, according to the large corporate ...

Community housing wants to attract super funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Community housing will be pitched to superannuation funds as an investment at a conference this month as experts say a national housing shortage is driving up rents. Cath Noye from industry fund CBUS will chair a panel discussion on alternative market ...

AllianceBernstein bullish on molecular medicine

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
AllianceBernstein predicts molecular medicine will rival the emergence of digital information as a disruptive force and has allocated 10% of its thematic portfolios to associated companies such as DNA sequencing and molecular diagnostics firms. While ...

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Just do it! For all the positive spins given to explain the big gains on Wall Street overnight, it's probably Nike that did it. Cyber reports speak of the Germans now being in tight with the French and agreeing to swap a big portion of their banks' ...

Property up, interest rate rises: BIS Shrapnel

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Property price forecaster BIS Shrapnel has predicted price rises of nearly 20 per cent in Sydney and Perth over the next three years, which equates to about 6 per cent per year. Perth's median house price will rise by 19 per cent from a median of $480,000 ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Brace yourself people! We might be in for another rough one this week. Gauging from the S&P 500's 1.2 per cent fall on Friday last week, hang on to your hat Australia. This was reportedly triggered by massive falls in the share price of UniCredit -- ...

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
"People hearing without listening." Simon & Garfunkel, The Sound of Silence The US Federal Reserve has spoken - and financial markets didn't like what they heard, for they didn't listen. It was another down day on The Street after the Fed's post-FOMC ...

Advisers turn from managed funds to ETFs: BetaShares

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
The rise of exchange traded funds (ETF) is putting pressure on active fund managers and attracting financial advisers, according to a new ETF report released today. The BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report predicts that ETF investor numbers will ...

Fin Svcs Asian opportunity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Professionals in the Australian financial sector remain reluctant to build their careers in the Asian market, despite the majority believing it offers the most job potential. On the flip side, hiring opportunities are set to rise in Australia. According ...