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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set for a strong start to trade with encouraging jobs figures in the United States helping Wall Street post its longest winning streak in more than 16 years. At 0757 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set for a flat start despite an unexpectedly strong increase in US consumer spending in February. Wall Street rose slightly, its ninth straight session of gains. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures ...

Adviser-client communication directly linked to profits: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
Good communication not only guarantees a closer relationship between financial advisers and clients, it can also have a direct impact on the practices' profitability, research shows. According to the "New frontiers: the age of consumers" report by Business ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
I don't know if you're feeling what I'm feeling but I feel that the S&P 500 index is being quite a tease the past few days. While the Dow just went and did it - broken its record - the S&P 500 continues in flirt mode, heading towards it but not really ...

The year of balanced funds and fixed income: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Multi sector or balanced funds took in the largest net inflows of Australian discrete asset classes in 2012, according to Morningstar's inaugural Annual Global Flows Report. The research found that multi sector funds inflows reached $6.46 billion and ...

Challenger gets Lonsec approval on annuities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
Challenger's entire suite of annuity products has been approved by independent research house Lonsec. Lonsec awarded the rating to all managed investment schemes and term and lifetime annuities offered by Challenger, including the fastest selling annuity ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set to begin the week higher, following gains on US and European markets due to encouraging US jobs data. The US unemployment rate fell to 7.7 per cent, data released on Friday showed. At 0759 AEDT on Monday, the March share ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Australian shares remain near four-and-a-half year highs, pushed up by a fifth straight day of gains on Wall Street. The market has opened about 0.1 per cent higher, with mining stocks the best performers in early trade. CMC Markets chief strategist ...

Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
The ASX has announced that most major companies now have a gender diversity policy but the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors says that just having a policy isn't enough, it's results that count. The ASX this morning, on International Womens ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Wall Street might is in the midst of jubilation, celebrating the Dow Jones Industrial Index's foray into a new all-time record high last night. Investors are counting their lucky stars - er, dollars - from the Dow's 117.7% surge from the bottom plumbed ...