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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Australian stock market has opened higher after economic data out of the US met investor expectations. The market was up 0.4 per cent after opening on Thursday, despite a 0.14 per cent fall on Wall Street. The US Federal Reserve announced overnight ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Australian stocks are higher as the market reacts to heightened expectations of an interest rate cut in August. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens on Tuesday hinted the central bank cut could cut the cash rate to a record low of 2.5 per ...

AQUA II exemptions unfairly favour ASX: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has said that the application form relief being proposed for the ASX Managed Fund Service (AMFS) should be extended to all registered Managed Investment Schemes (MIS). Under current proposals, the AMFS - popularly ...

Perpetual attributes FUM decline to market falls

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Perpetual's funds under management (FUM) fell 2.7% in the quarter to 30 June 2013. The fund manager attributed the fall to weaker equity market performance, noting that the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation index fell 2.8%. On a year-on-year basis, FUM increased ...

Tyndall concentrated fund gets Zenith 'recommended' rating

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
The Tyndall Australian Share Concentrated Fund has received a 'recommended' rating from Zenith Investment Partners. The fund was launched in May this year to the retail market, by Tyndall AM. However, the strategy underpinning it has a 15-year track ...

UBS fined $30,000 for decimal point mistake

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
UBS Securities Australia has paid a fine of $30,000 after a misplaced decimal point caused the price of a BetaShares ETF to fall by 99%. Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) issued an infringement notice for the breach of market integrity rules. On 16 December ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
Record gains on the US market have helped the Australian stock market open higher. The ASX 200 has again nudged above the 5,000 mark but, says CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner, investors remain subdued. "It follows a lead, but I think it will be ...

Brokers tip stocks ahead of public announcement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
Some brokers may be 'tipping' off privileged clients, after market data has revealed abnormal trading volumes prior to public release of analyst recommendations on associated stocks, according to a study by independent academic researcher Capital Markets ...

Gold headed to $3k an ounce says ETF pioneer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
Gold may yet reach US$3000 an ounce, despite recent downward trends and a current level of around the US$1,200 mark, according to ETF Securities' Graham Tuckwell. Speaking at an event at the ASX marking 10 years since ETF Securities launched the world's ...

BetaShares partners FTSE in new ETF launch

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Australian exchange traded product provider BetaShares has chosen the FTSE RAFI Australia 200 Index as the basis of its first Australian equity fundamental index ETF, which launches on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today. The BetaShares FTSE ...