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More wealth beyond resources

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Investors who rely on natural efficiency improvements to protect their resources portfolio may lose out, according to one UK fund manager. Once seen as 'nice to have', environmental resources are now viewed as limiting factors on economic growth in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Australian stocks opened weaker on Thursday as a poor lead from Wall Street and bad news from Leighton Holdings dragged the market lower. At 1030 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 4,329.5 points, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
The Australian dollar is more than a third of a US cent lower after global stock markets dropped overnight. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.96 US cents, down from 104.35 cents on Wednesday afternoon. Bank of New Zealand ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened lower, following a weak lead from US markets overnight. At 1010 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,298.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

China FUM rise challenges Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Australia and Japan currently make up half the Asia region mutual fund market, but China's rapid rise could change the dynamic and create new opportunities for investment managers able to tailor their distribution models. Mutual fund assets across the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
The Australian share market is set to open lower after a fall on Wall Street due to lower consumer confidence. At 0804 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 4,307. In economic news, the Reserve Bank of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
The Australian dollar has risen almost one cent and pushed past 105 US cents for the first time in six days following indications from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would keep interest rates low. At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Australian shares have opened higher with the resources sector boosted by higher commodity prices. Qantas also rose significantly after it announced it would set up a Jetstar Hong Kong airline offering budget flights in China. At 1022 AEDT, the benchmark ...

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 ...

Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
Australian investors should think about price and the risk-return rewards of investing directly in China, according to one fund manager. "If you look at the Australian economy, it's very much a commodities economy and the growth and wealth generated ...