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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street closed mixed on economic data showing a slight rebound in industrial production and home building in July but a downturn in New York manufacturing. At 0758 AEST on Thursday, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... fell for a second day following huge losses in London on Tuesday, after the bank was accused by US regulators of hiding sanction-busting multi-billion-dollar trades with Iran. Tokyo closed up 0.88 per cent, or 77.85 points, at 8,881.16, Seoul put on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street finished higher on optimism the US and European central banks may act to stimulate their respective economies. At 0751 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Australian instos exposed to AML risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
Globalising investment and increasingly complex webs of counter-party relationships mean Australian institutional investors are more exposed to anti-money laundering risks than they realise. These risks don't just mean from organised crime, the usual ...

PE firms Myanmar bound

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Hong Kong-based private equity firm Bagan Capital is already spreading the word among institutional investors and high-net worth individuals about its newest fund dedicated entirely to the former pariah state of Myanmar. With a local securities exchange ...

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 ...