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Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Glum has entered the building. Remember him? The teenie weenie Lilliputian in Gulliver's Travels who when faced with a predicament - any predicament - exclaims, "We'll never make it! We're doomed!" So it is with Wall Street and its view of the US economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
Australian markets have received mixed leads from overseas trade overnight. Wall Streets key indices were lower, but commodities were mixed. European markets were higher. At 0652 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Solid results for BT Wrap and Westpac

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The BT Wrap/Asgard platform received $1 billion in inflows for the March quarter, while its parent company Westpac reported strong third quarter results with cash earnings of around $1.4 billion. According to the Westpac 2010 August Update and Pillar ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
At 0714 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down nine points at 4,387. In economics news on Monday, The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts a tender of $200 million of the August 2020 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Local markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with heavy falls on Wall Street, oil falling below $US75, and metals, too generally lower. Only gold futures rose. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... weekly increase and the highest since 14 November last year. Two-fecta. The Philadelphia Fed index dropped to minus 7.7 in August - down from plus 5.1 in the previous month and lower than predictions of an increase to 7. Three-fecta. The index of leading ...

AvSuper takes legal action against big fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
Canberra-based super fund AvSuper Pty Ltd (AvSuper) has lodged legal proceedings against Commonwealth Managed Investments Limited (CMIL) and Colonial First State Property Limited (CFSPL) over the meaning of an agreement regarding the super fund's entitlements ...

More workshops to prep for fee-for-service

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
From only a fraction of financial planning groups offering advice through fee-for-service five years ago, the advice model has now gone mainstream - and there are workshops a-plenty for those who are still mulling over their options. Seven years ago ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overnight trade offshore. Wall Street indices were flat to marginally higher, whilst metals were higher, but oil was slightly lower. At 0739 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

ETFs hit trillion dollar milestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
The global exchange traded fund (ETF) industry hit the US$1 trillion mark this month and product providers predict the launch of fixed income ETFs this year and next will drive the sector's mainstream appeal. At the end of July 2010, the global ETF ...