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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... Fund (IMF) has warned Israel of possible instability due to the high unemployment and deep poverty among Arab-Israelis and ultra-orthodox Haredi Jews. SEOUL - South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries says it has won a 3.05 trillion won ($A2.53 billion) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.07 per cent from 1.97 per cent late Thursday, signalling lower demand for ultra-safe investments. The rise followed news that a survey of US consumer sentiment hit a six-month high this month, better than ...

MySuper Mythconceptions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... on price are of course free to do so, which most likely explains the myth around how MySuper somehow forces funds to use ultra low cost investment solutions such as Exchange Traded Funds. MySuper assets also do not need to be managed in separate investment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... 414 down and 309 unchanged. On Wall Street on Wednesday, stocks rebounded after the Federal Reserve's policymakers kept ultra-low interest rates and said they were prepared to do more if needed to stimulate the sluggish economy. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... points, or 1.07 per cent, at 4,251.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have rebounded after the Federal Reserve's policymakers kept ultra-low interest rates and said they were prepared to do more if needed to stimulate the sluggish economy. The Dow Jones ...

Asia-Pacific's HNWIs second largest in the world

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... US$10.8 trillion last year, compared with Europe's US$10.2 trillion. With the fastest regional growth rate, the number of Ultra-HNWIs in Asia-Pacific rose 14.9% to 23,000, while their wealth jumped 16.8 per cent in 2010, beating increases of 10.2 per ...

Islamic fund opens doors to Australian investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
Australian investors will have access to a new 'ultra ethical' fund, investing on Islamic principles with the launch of Crescent Wealth and its Australian equities fund, the first of a series of products it plans to bring to market. The Crescent Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... economy. Markets had expected the plan, a version of the Fed's 1961 "Operation Twist," as well as the Fed's decision to hold ultra-low interest rates unchanged, but its decision to re-invest in agency mortgage-backed series came as a surprise. In announcing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... minutes before the close. It followed an announcement by the Federal Reserve that it expected to maintain interest rates at ultra-low levels for the next two years due to economic weakness. LONDON - European stocks moved higher after a day of extreme ...

Fund manager recommends less defensive retirement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Turning 65 does not necessarily mean it is time to revert to an ultra defensive investment portfolio, providing it holds the right assets, according to Ashton Reid, portfolio manager of Legg Mason's Real Income Fund. Retirement income products are a ...