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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
The Australian share market remained in the red by noon on fresh concerns over Europe's debt crisis, with consumer staples stocks bucking the downward trend. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 51.4 points, or 1.26 per ...

Bond ETFs buffering equity market volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
Bond ETFs usage is on the rise as they offer investors easy access and an opportunity to either decrease risk or take advantage of unique return opportunities in their portfolios, according to Russell Investments. "Generally the ease of access has been ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
"Here comes that rainy day feeling again, and soon my tears will be falling like rain..." (The Fortunes) Looks like I have to prefix my surname with the letters W and R for while I correctly anticipated that heightened volatility in the financial markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower, Wall Street fell more than one per cent and major European markets lost closer to two per cent. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 43 points at 4,043. In economic ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Shiver me timbers! If you ever doubted that the markets see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear, the equity markets' performance over the past 24 hours will make a believer out of ya'll. Forget Europe, China's coming to the rescue. ...

Fisher Investments makes Australian move

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
US equity manager Fisher Investments will create a wholly-owned subsidiary in Australia, with one institutional client already secured. "Creating our new subsidiary follows considerable time spent in Australia establishing key relationships with major ...

Macquarie wins Philippines infra mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Macquarie Group has won a mandate to manage a $582 million infrastructure fund for the Philippines government. Macquarie's Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) fund will be responsible for managing the Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure ...

Show me the stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... jobs and wages growth consumers happy. Happy consumers spend. Retail spending jumped by a stronger-than-expected 0.9% in March (expectations +0.2%) with sales volumes rising by 1.8% in the quarter - also more than the expected 0.4% gain. Capex. Happy ...

Sign on fees creating dealer group controversy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
Selected sign on payments create a culture of haves and have-nots, according to Count chief David Lane, responding to rumours of fees in excess of $500,000 being paid to some adviser practices by other dealer groups. "At Count, we do not believe in ...

Financial adviser sentenced on fraud charges

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
James Patrick Hobson, a former senior financial adviser has been convicted and sentenced on fraud charges in the Sydney District Court, following an ASIC investigation. Hobson was a senior financial adviser employed by Binma which operates the North ...