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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower after further doubt were raised regarding Greece's bailout package and its ability to avoid default, and Moody's ratings cut on six European nations due to the euro zone crisis. At 0817 AEDT on ...

Margin lending suffers from adviser misconception

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Investment Trends December 2011 Margin Lending Financial Planner Report has revealed 83% of respondents named market conditions as the biggest barrier to margin lending among financial planners. Volatility levels attracted 49% of the vote with higher ...

UniSuper confirms working group

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
UniSuper has confirmed it will establish a working group to review the defined benefit funding issues raised last year. The announcement follows a meeting held last Thursday between the UniSuper board, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), the ...

BetaShares ETFs receive A rating

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
Specialist ETF provider BetaShares has been given an "A" rating for six of its ETFs by van Eyk. The exchange traded funds (ETF) were awarded on the basis of their investment process, the management team, business infrastructure and the firm's portfolio ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
"Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones." - The Bee Gees, New York Mining Disaster The optimism that warmed financial markets for the best part of the first six weeks of 2012 has been dented by the comeback of the European sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open almost half a per cent lower as jittery investors await the outcome of the Greek parliament's crucial vote on a 130-billion-euro ($A160 billion) bailout deal to stave off bankruptcy. At 0630 AEDT on Monday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
The Australian share market has opened weaker with the stocks of major companies BHP Billiton and Telstra weighing on sentiment after weaker-than-expected profit results. Australia's largest telco's net profit for the six months to December 31 was $1.468 ...

Macquarie outlook mixed, annuities solid

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
Macquarie Group's annuity-style businesses are expected to return 20% higher net profit contribution for FY12 on last year's results, yet not all results were positive as the firm released its moderate outlook and plans for a share buyback. In an update ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
The Australian share market has opened firmer as traders await a busy Thursday for local earnings reports. At 1015 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18.7 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,292.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
"Baby what a big surprise Right before my very eyes" - Chicago Yesterday we became witnesses on how the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) disproved the saying that, "the majority is always right". It kept the country's official cash rate unchanged at ...