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Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
We're in trouble now... big trouble. That's the ugly picture painted by the latest US non-farm payrolls report and Wall Street's reaction to it. The S&P 500 fell by 0.94%, the Dow by 0.96% and the Nasdaq by 1.30% the day the US Labor Department released ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after weaker-than-expected US jobs figures. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 14 points at 4,111. In economic news on Monday, the ...

Regulation biggest concern for SFOs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Tax and regulatory issues are the biggest concern for single-family offices in terms of risks to managing investments, according to a survey from J.P. Morgan Private Bank. A poll of 125 single family offices (SFO), each with more than US$100 million ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Waiting. Waiting, waiting, waiting and waiting, waiting. Don't' you just hate it? Over the past month or so, this seems to be all that financial markets have been doing - waiting for the result of the French and Greek elections, waiting for Greece's ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Well, well, well. Don't look now folks for we may have just received the best indicator of the financial markets' direction over the next three months, at least. No Virginia, it's not yesterday's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to sit ...

AMP Capital Infra fund closed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund has completed its final close, after it launched in 2010. AMP said that the fund, which invests in subordinated infrastructure debt, has attracted a,-400 million from 30 global institutional investors, including ...

FSC elects deputy chairman

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
AMP Financial Services managing director Craig Meller has been elected deputy chairman of the Financial Services Council. Meller joins Schroder Investment Management Australia's chief executive officer, Greg Cooper, as deputy chair, as well as Macquarie ...

New accountants' licence hailed as win for affordable advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
The federal government's new conditional licensing regime for accountants has been applauded by professional bodies as a step to achieving broader access to financial advice. CPA Australia chief executive officer Alex Malley said the new rules are a ...

Pacific Hydro joins $315m renewable energy JV

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a $320 million consortium agreement between the industry fund owned Australian renewable energy company Pacific Hydro and Brazil's mining company Vale. The agreement formalises Vale's and Pacific Hydro's intentions ...

CFS upgrades its FirstWrap Platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
Colonial First State has made enhancements to its FirstWrap platform in response to adviser requests for improved technological efficiencies. FirstWrap is a leading online platform used by advisers who want access to wide ranging technologically oriented ...