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Alphinity backs growth in energy sector

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
Alphinity Investment Management expects Australia will experience 4% steel growth in 2012 but picks the energy sector as where the real growth can be found. "We are coming to the close of the super growth cycle for steel although there is a short term ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Boring! If there's one word to describe last week's financial market activity, this is it. Sure, sure Virginia. You, I and Irene began doubting the global growth outlook anew midweek last week - that it would be lower than expectations - following disappointing ...

Cheque's not yet in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
This Greek second bailout issue has become like that 'Pringles' ad - once you pop, you can't stop. Just when we thought that all was hunky-dory with regards to the Grecian circus, errr, crisis -- that the a,-130 billion bailout "hrimata" (money) was ...

Adviser obligations need to be institutionalised: AFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
Educating industry professionals and the public in general is vital if the advice profession is to overcome the reputation damage caused by events such as the collapse of Storm Financial, according to the head of the AFA. Speaking at the Association ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher after mixed leads from offshore bourses kept investors wary ahead of the start of the local earnings season. Wall Street ended lower after US gross domestic product (GDP) data missed expectations - despite ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
It was the summit touted as the one to end all summits. But nah! As Daryll Kerrigan in the "The Castle" would say, "tell him he's dreaming". Five Plans done, "n" to go. Last weekend's European Summit produced something - well, sort of - and the equity ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go." Oh yes Virginia, happy days have come back. Wall Street's up, Europe's up, Asia and Australia are up and up. Scan through the headlines and you get the impression that though all remains ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed night on Wall Street and falls on major European bourses as the region's leaders met to try to resolve the relentless debt crisis now threatening big nations such as France. At 0800 AEDT on ...

Manufactured in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
"Hush, little baby, don't say a word. Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird And if that mockingbird won't sing, Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring..." What's currently happening in Europe reminded me of this lullaby. If you believe the headlines, Slovakia's ...

Mystery surrounds sovereign fund billions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The future mandate of Libya's sovereign wealth fund is uncertain following political unrest, a new report has said. A new report from Preqin said the Libyan Investment Authority had been able to invest more freely after sanctions on the north African ...