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Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Is this the tiny pebble that trips the bull? I planned to discuss how being in cash is an even riskier proposition at this precise moment in time because of its negative inflation-adjusted returns and using as lead "The Daily Telegraph's" story about ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set for weak start after Wall Street's long run of consecutive gains came to a halt on Friday. At 0745 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,099. On Monday, the Australian Bureau ...

Quantum makes T1 bonds available to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Fund manager Quantum has launched a product that allows retail investors to access some of the high yielding T1 bonds issued by the four major trading banks. "This is the opportunity that we saw - to release a product that gave retail investors the ...

AMP Capital appoints new Asian portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
AMP Capital has appointed a new portfolio manager to its Asian equities desk in Hong Kong. Andy Peng will analyse the telecoms, utilities and healthcare sectors for the Pan Asia portfolio as well as consumer discretionary for the Asia ex-Greater China ...

Former Astarra director permanently banned from fin services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced today that it has permanently banned former Astarra Asset Management director Eugene Liu from providing financial services for failing to comply with financial services laws. Liu ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
I'm an Aussie and I'll cry if I want to. I'll cry if I want to, I'll cry if I want to. My good pal, Alex 'yes we can' Dunnin - Rainmaker's Director of Editorial & Research - emailed me yesterday Malcolm Maiden's piece in the Sydney Morning Herald titled ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, continuing that gains that reached a four-and-a-half year high and as the Dow Jones extends its record-breaking run. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
The Australian market was hovering around four-and-a-half year highs at open after Wall Street soared to a record high. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 hit 5,119.8 shortly after open, before falling slightly. It is the highest level the market has reached ...

Local appetite for hedge funds outstrips other markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
Australian institutional investors are showing more appetite for hedge funds than their peers in the US, Europe and Japan, according to a leading hedge fund manager. Joe Scoby, chief investment officer and chief executive of PEAK6 Advisors, a Chicago-based ...

Strong result for AIA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Life insurer AIA Group Limited has delivered record value of new business of $1.19 billion for the year ended 30 November 2012, across the 16 markets it operates in Asia-Pacific. "AIA Australia continues to support AIA Group's strong results and record ...