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Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
"Wall Street drops on China price worries" - afr.com.au. "Wall Street slumps on China concerns" - new.com.au. "Stocks, Commodities Slide on China Concern; Treasuries Tumble" - Bloomberg.com. "US shares drop on China inflation worries" - Reuters via ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
Australian markets are expected to open lower on Monday, after world markets sold off on concerns the Chinese government may slow the pace of its economic growth. On the ASX24 at 0710 AEDT, the December share price index contract was 19 points lower ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Decisions, decisions. Wall Street closed higher overnight but why do I get a feeling that there's little conviction behind the move? You'll feel the same way too baby if like many investors these days you're looking at the market's performance since ...

Schroders surges, shuns Gartmore

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Schroders, the UK's largest listed fund manager, reported strong results overnight but ruled itself out of contention for troubled rival manager Gartmore. Schroders reported 9 month pre-tax profits of 282.7 million, up over 250 per cent on the corresponding ...

Super fund returns fall to just 3.7 pct

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Poor share market returns are continuing to inflict damage on super funds with median returns for the 12 months to end September coming in at only 3.7 per cent. The results are contained in the latest SelectingSuper crediting rates survey conducted ...

ASIC bans adviser and charges former director

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
ASIC bans a former adviser for market manipulation while a former company director has been charged with dishonest conduct. Former client adviser, Lim Theam Chye of Melbourne, is banned from providing financial services for five years after ASIC concluded ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
There just ain't no pleasing Mr. Market. No siree! The biggest and most powerful central bank in the world gave them lots and lots of play money to play with and now... this is all we get. Wall Street stalled despite last week's news that the US Federal ...

MLC to launch platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
MLC and NAB Wealth will launch a new full service wrap platform in early 2011, following through plans to build its wealth management arm. The new platform, branded "MLC Wrap", will be a blend of the Navigator and MasterKey Custom platforms, incorporating ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
"Well, it's a three step process. First, you think I'm going left. But I don't. So now you're thinking, am I going to go right or even confuse him by going left. So I go left again. Now you think I'm finally gonna go right but what I'm really gonna ...

KKR bid signals more M&A in wealth mgmt

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... funds. His comments come after yesterday's announcement that BTIM achieved a $30.9 million cash NPAT at the end of September - a 15 per cent increase from the prior corresponding period. The firm's total revenue for the period was $129.2 million, also ...