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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
The Australian market has opened higher despite weak leads from Wall Street, as buyers took advantage of cheaper resources stocks. At 1020 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 25.2 points, or 0.63 per cent, at 4,054 while the broader ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
Now look at that! Wall Street and most European stock markets ended on the plus side last week despite that nagging Grexit feeling - and its potential to be followed by an Irexit, Portexit, Spanexit and Italexit - that'll culminate in a eurozone kaboom. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with traders again looking to events across the Atlantic ahead of a long holiday weekend. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down ...

SPAA: Last resort compensation scheme needed

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... Slattery. "Superannuation fraud affects ordinary Australians saving for their retirement. Any solution must address a problem that impacts the whole financial services industry, including superannuation," said Slattery. "In the case of Trio it was the ...

Investors focus on Russian consumer stocks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Russian consumer stocks are a favoured investment choice in Eastern Europe, as wealth in the region rises and the average debt burden remains low. Michael Hanson-Lawson, chief executive officer of regional investment house East Capital said that although ...

AIST warns MySuper deadline tight

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... standardised risk measure without any qualification to it runs the risk that it will be set in stone," said Haynes. "The problem is that it's really a measure of volatilty, it doesn't measure other types of risk." The AIST's submission also called for ...

Advisers use of ETFs on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The number of exchange traded funds used by investors is on the rise despite continued market volatility, with up to 70,000 users expected by the end of the year, according to the latest BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. The BetaShares/Investment ...

Lifewise takes insurance to new social sphere

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... (FSC) to form Lifewise, a public initiative of the Australian life insurance industry aimed at raising awareness of the problem.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
SYDNEY, May 15 AAP - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 32 points at 4,265. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank ...

Active risk under spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... running a certain level of tracking error," said Paul O'Halloran, senior vice president at Neuberger Berman Australia. "The problem is when they look at that overall portfolio they're not getting a lot of active risk through the combination of those ...