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India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The options available for Australian investors keen to ride the India growth story are surprisingly limited, in stark contrast to the choices they have to invest in China. According to Morgan Stanley, Indian GDP will surpass the US$6 trillion mark by ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The outlook for Australian trading on Wednesday is positive, despite Wall St finishing flat and record falls on Tuesday in Tokyo. European markets were higher overnight, and precious metals were up, too. Oil and copper fell. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney ...

One report, two spins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
"One country, two systems." The first time we heard this phrase was when Britain's 99-year lease of Hong Kong expired on 1 July 1997. Bloomberg reiterated a slightly different version of this phrase last night. "One report, two spins." One report. US ...

Market Wrap - Midmorning

MARKET WRAP - MIDDAY  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market opened lower on Friday, following a fall on United States markets overnight. At 1010 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 16.8 points lower, or 0.38 per cent, at 4,339.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Investors call planners to charge performance-based fees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Performance-based fees have traditionally been the domain of fund managers - but research shows a growing number of investors are urging financial planners to start adopting this fee structure. Mark Johnston, principal of research firm Investment Trends ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Houses continue to burn in America. Yes Virgie, we learned yesterday that no one wanted to buy old houses (existing homes) in the States after the government stopped giving would-be homeowners free money. Last night, we found out that neither were they ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market at noon continued to trade lower after United States markets fell in the wake of disappointing housing data and more concerns about the recovery in the US economy. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Morgan Stanley offers way out for Pacific investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Pacific First Mortgage Fund unit holders will have the choice to exit the fund after a Morgan Stanley-sponsored real estate vehicle offered to buy up to 49 per cent of the units. Project Junior Pte Ltd (PJPL), a company owned by Morgan Stanley Real ...

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... conclusion - or worse, it may be enough to tick you over the double-dip camp. US new home sales plummeted by 27 per cent in July - nearly doubly worse than expectations for a 15 per cent fall - to an annual rate of 3.83 million units - the lowest since ...

Timing the market still a tough game: survey

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
The CMC Markets Share Trader Insight Survey for the six months to July 2010 found that the periods in which most investors decided to put extra cash into the market corresponded with peaks in the All Ordinaries Index, while many pulled out just before ...