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Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Despite better economic numbers from the US and at home, Australians are less confident about their finances today than they were three months ago, a study found. The Suncorp Life Confidence Index fell 1.5 points fell from 60.9 in April 2010 to 59.4 ...

Aust Unity to buy Westpac FML

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Australian Unity Investment (AUI) buys Westpac Funds Management Limited (WFML), taking its total property funds under management to $1.7 billion. WFML is the responsible entity of the Westpac Diversified Property Fund (WDPF), with AUI agreeing to a ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
All dressed up and nowhere to go. Yup! Wall Street went nowhere alright. A day before last night's Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC), Wall Street was all prepped, seemingly ready to take it all, whatever the Fed decides - or more, importantly ...

Former AMP adviser gets permanent ban

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
ASIC has permanently banned former AMP adviser Vince Aloisi of Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, from providing financial services. ASIC's action against Aloisi follows its investigation into allegations of misconduct during his employment as an authorised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from Wall Street trading on Friday, with all three US indices higher, along with precious and base metals. Oil was lower, however. In economic news on Monday, the market will be listening to a speech ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Move on people, there wasn't a lot of shaking that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Three cheers for September! Hip, hip! Where's the September curse everybody and his dog were warning about at the onset of the seventh moon of the year? Thirteen days into this "most awful month" for stocks and so far Wall Street has advanced in eight ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... in the previous month. Better, part-time employees are becoming full-time. Some 53,100 full-time jobs were created in August - the largest addition in two years - while part time jobs declined by 22,100. Overall employment gained by 30,900 in the month. ...

Perennial trusts retain ratings

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Ken West, one of the founding partners of Perennial Growth Management, retires tomorrow, but his leaving will not affect the ratings of several Perennial products, according to Standard & Poor's. The ratings on the Perennial Growth Shares Wholesale ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open firmer on Thursday after Wall Street and European bourses closed higher. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 30 points higher at 4,568 points, with ...