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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... cent, to 5,449.4. NEW YORK - US stocks finished with modest declines as investors shrugged off a drop in sale of existing homes as weather-related. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 29.93 points (0.19 per cent) on Friday to 16,103.30. The broad-based ...

Pro bono advice for bushfire victims

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... providing free, professional advice to help people get back on their feet when many are struggling to cope with the loss of homes, personal possessions and probably their financial records," the FPA said. The association's Pro Bono Service was established ...

Consumers in EM, an opportunity for investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
... tomorrow," Stassopoulos said. The portfolio manager travels to different emerging countries to "meet consumers in their homes to understand their needs, dreams and aspirations." "We behave as any other consumer company and we approach the same consultancy ...

Rate cuts prompt SMSF cash exodus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... cuts have meant cash has become a less attractive investment, so trustees are 'cashing out' of cash and looking for other homes for their money. The total fixed interest asset allocation remained unchanged at 6.6% compared to the December quarter. However ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... kitties. Because going by my trustee Bloomberg's headlines, the US is now on a "firmer footing". Headline: "Sales of New Homes in U.S. Climb 1.5% to 417,000 Rate". Opening paragraph. "Sales of new U.S. homes advanced in March as near record-low mortgage ...

Super changes ease political and financial uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... retirement funding, some may see the tax changes as a disincentive to save. "There will be people sitting in $10 million homes in Vaucluse, paying no capital gains tax and who won't be doing the responsible thing of paying into their super." The Financial ...

Ex-Macq banker to head retirement home company

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... partner and Minter Ellison advisory board member Mark Butcher will lead a retirement village company. On Tuesday Masonic Homes said Butcher, a prominent South Australian business leader, would become chairman of the retirement village company as it embarks ...

Serpentine fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... Lehman Bros collapse. The year the S&P 500 index dove by 38.5% and the year that the median price of existing one-family homes in America dropped by 14.6%. Oh and by the way, the title was from the hit song by the band Earth, Wind & Fire - the three ...

Pro bono advice for disaster victims

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... Northern NSW floods and bushfires which have wreaked havoc throughout Tasmania, Victoria and NSW. "Many families have had their homes destroyed and their lives severely impacted by these disasters. The FPA community has come together to set up a pro ...

With or without China we're not cactus: James

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... improve due to an improving house market," James advised. "The US housing market is growing again and the demand for new homes is now outpacing supply."