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Diamonds are an investor's best friend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Move over bonds and cash - precious rocks, avant-garde art and collectible cars are now gaining favour as "alternative" investments for some of the world's richest high net worth investors. According to a London-based Datamonitor wealth investment analyst ...

Precious metals ETCs in vogue

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Investors wary of equity market volatility are flocking to precious metals exchange traded commodities - a sector that has seen substantial inflows following the GFC, said ETF Securities. ETF Securities has seen inflows surge into its physically backed ...

Too much ado about pig flu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the waters, a pig comes along. And if you've been following the headlines and the pig stories you'll be scared - very scared. Wall Street grew fearful as the reported infection tally of people and countries ...

Joint Committee has consumer loans in its sights

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' inquiry into financial products and services will include a review of banking products. Reflecting the transfer of oversight of consumer finance to the Commonwealth, which will ...

UK consumers embrace online comparison tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
New research on UK consumers shows they are rapidly embracing online finance price comparisons, with big implications for how firms market their products. According to the Datamonitor research, online price comparison websites are now the most trusted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... and mining stocks hit hard. "The market is just in a bit of a consolidation phase at the moment and the likes of the normal safe sectors and defensive sectors, like consumer staples, are doing well, and the healthcare sector is doing well," Mr Taylor ...

Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... financial system hadn't been affected as much as other countries by the liquidity squeeze. In fact its currency - considered a safe-haven - has appreciated as the GFC progressed. But the Swiss franc's appreciation has effectively tightened monetary policy ...

Hunter Hall says sorry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
Peter Hall, the founder of $1.4 billion global equities fund manager Hunter Hall, started an investor presentation early this month with an apology for the group's "terrible performance" and set out a plan on how to recover last year's losses. "To start ...

SMSFs get "kick up the pants"

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... the role of education of trustees and indeed it must be for all trustees," he said. "The reputation of the SMSF sector as a safe, growing, cost effective part of our superannuation system rests on those taking out SMSFs being appropriate for the product. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overseas, with Wall Street down and precious and base metals lower, although oil added over a dollar and a half. At 0724 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was ...