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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after strong rises on international markets overnight as traders focused on corporate earnings and brushed aside weaker-than-expected economic data out of Germany and China. At 0744 AEST on Wednesday, the ...

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Global investment chiefs have tipped US equities to be the investment darling of the year, according to a survey by Fidelity Worldwide Investment. Fidelity canvassed the opinions of 13 global fund groups including: HSBC Global Asset Management, Threadneedle ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
There were ups and downs on Wall Street the week before this week, just as the week before that, and before that, and...with each daily dose of data taken to confirm whatever pre-conceived biases we have. It just takes a short walk down the very short ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
It's getting close. It's less than two weeks away. Then we're in May -- that month of the year when the old Wall Street adage tells investors everywhere to sell and go away. And right on cue, the financial news are getting gloomier. We've already touched ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower after a negative finish on Wall Street. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was 12 points lower at 4,920 points, with 4,431 contracts traded. In economics news on Friday ...

FSC appoints three board directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed three new directors to its board. MLC chief executive Andrew Hagger, Perpetual chief executive Geoff Lloyd and Australian Unity Investments chief executive David Bryant will join the board of the FSC. ...

First Super gets MySuper green light

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Industry fund First Super has received its MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). First Super was one of the first funds to lodge an application for the authorisation at the start of the year. According to ...

First State Super CIO departs

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
First State Super (FSS) chief investment officer Mark Sainsbury will retire from his position and leave the fund in May 2013. His departure follows the the appointment of Richard Brandweiner as director of investment services last week. Brandweiner ...

Still opportunities for flexible bond managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
Finding good returns in the fixed income market in 2013 is going to take a lot of flexibility, according to global fixed income giant Amundi. Equity market volatility and the compression of bond yields around the world has made fixed income assets a ...

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
An ill wind blew over this land girth by sea yesterday. Recall the 71,500 workers that found work in February - yes, that one...the one that's the biggest one month job gain since July 2000, the one that came in more than seven times market expectations ...