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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a strong showing on Wall Street and European bourses rebounded on better-than-expected bond auctions in Italy. At 0830 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points ...

APN launches new property fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
APN Property Group has launched a new unlisted, six-year, fixed term property fund called the APN 541 St Kilda Road fund. It will invest in an eight-storey commercial office building located at 541 St Kilda Road, Melbourne that will be bought for $28 ...

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Indian economy might have had a bad year in 2012 but its stock market continues to soar, outperforming its BRIC counterparts. The Indian economy's growth rate has come down from the double-digit pace recorded in 2010 to a mere 3.2% in the year to ...

Select Asset Management acquires Total Fund Services

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Investment management group Select Asset Management has acquired Australian financial services business Total Fund Services (TFS) today for an undisclosed amount. TFS provides specific regulatory services to Australian managed investment schemes, acting ...

Advisers must gravitate from engagement to guidance: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Scaled advice is one of the most obvious paths towards success in a brave new world of financial planning, said Mercer's advice industry leader. The financial planning industry has failed to recognise what people want in the past, and needs to offer ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street and as markets await the outcome of a eurozone ministers meeting on a Greek bailout package. At 0644 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Yellow Brick Road targets Big Four bank employees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Yellow Brick Road is making a bid to poach disheartened staff from the Big Four banks with its latest recruitment drive. The financial services firm is looking for experienced finance industry professionals to fill posts for its new Wealth Agents business ...

Light-years before Macquarie and YBR bother banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The latest tie-up between Yellow Brick Road and Macquarie to launch mortgage products makes sense for both businesses, but it will be a long time before they can begin to turn the proposition into a profitable enterprise, according to Lincoln Indicator's ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
It's been a month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened lower despite gains on overseas markets. At 1028 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 17.5 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4,400.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 16.2 points ...