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All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
The global community was not in the least perturbed by the release of Australia's National Accounts that showed real GDP fell by 1.2 per cent in the March quarter. Not even the fact that the economic slump in the first three months of 2011 was bigger ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
It's all over the news, the Statistician will soon confirm that the Australian economy stumbled in the first quarter of 2011. All eyes would be glued to monitors everywhere when the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on the National Accounts ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
The Australian market was firmly in the red at noon, down about one per cent as investor concern continues over the high Australian dollar ahead of the central bank's interest rates decision. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 52.8 ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
So is this the one that ultimately takes the grin off Wall Street's face? According to theage.com.au, " US stocks dropped on Tuesday on worries falling oil prices could set off a reversal in the high-flying energy sector..." It even quoted a certain ...

FSS and Health Super merger on track

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
First State Super and Health Super are on track to finalise their merger by June 30, creating one of the largest superannuation funds in Australia. Michael Dwyer, chief executive of First State Super, said the merger was progressing smoothly with 19 ...

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Wall Street rebounds as oil pressure dips. This is the overall theme that you'll read, hear and watch on financial services this day. It's the mirror image of the previous day's "Wall Street dips as oil pressure bounds" theme, or days when The Street ...

Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
"Well I don't know why I came here tonight, I got the feeling that something ain't right, I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair, And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs, Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the ...

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
Despite having the world's fourth largest investment market to source funding from, Australian fund managers have once again failed to crack the world's top 100, new figures show. According to a study conducted by Towers Watson and Pension & Investments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading over the weekend, with all key markets ending stronger on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0651 AEST, the December share price index futures contract was 57 points higher ...

Fidelity Australia nearly doubles FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Fidelity Australia nearly doubled its FUM over the past year, off the back of the strong performance of its Australian Equity Fund and other products. According to Rainmaker Information, in the year to June 2010, Fidelity's domestically sourced FUM ...