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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower despite modest gains on overseas markets. At 0808 AEST the September share price index futures contract was down five points at 4,410. The local market on Wednesday finished at its highest level ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
"Is QE3 enough to save America's economy?" The Economist magazine posed this question to its readers over the weekend. So far, the nays have it - 78% of them think QE won't cut it - because according to those who commented: even Bernanke admitted that ...

YBR posts a $6.83m loss

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Yellow Brick Road has reported a loss of $6.83 million against revenues of $14.8 million for the full year to 30 June. During the year, YBR's branch revenue rose by 93% while professional service revenues fell by 13%. The firm's key focus has been building ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Pa-lease stop with these nudge, nudge, wink, wink already -- and ease up on the promises and pledges while you're at it. No, I speak not to you Virginia, but it is to Ben and Mario I direct my displeasure. I've been watching the markets for decades ...

Lonsec urges advisers to revisit EMs

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... months, with "true believers in the merits of an expending emerging market allocation" disappointed by their returns across the BRIC exchanges, said Lonsec. "Deteriorating investment returns have prompted a stint of head scratching for many emerging ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... world exchanges is old world thinking that has run its course, according Goldman Sachs. These growth markets include the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China but supplemented by four others - South Korea, Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey. Katie ...

YBR hires EX-AFS chief

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Yellow Brick Road has appointed Ex-Australian Financial Services chief executive Peter Daly as head of its financial advice arm. Yellow Brick Road (YBR) said that the appointment is in line with plans to expand its financial advice capabilities, and ...

EM specialist enters Australian market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... from these markets. Advanced Emerging Capital specialises in emerging and frontier markets which are traditional Asia and BRIC exposures supplemented by up to 50 additional investible countries in Africa and the Middle East. They do this by focusing ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... contributed to this malaise, this slowing is also due to the lagged effects of the severe monetary policy tightening the BRIC's central banks implemented over the past two years to try and contain surging inflation in their respective domestic economies. ...

YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Yellow Brick Road Holdings has launched its first high-performance savings solution in a bid to attract mum and dad investors to low-risk cash and bond markets. The YBR Smarter Money Fund invests in high-quality, investment grade cash assets and variable-rate ...