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Aust custody and admin sector hits $2 trillion

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Due largely to a reenergised equity markets, total assets under custody for Australian investors grew by 8.7% to $2.03 trillion for the second half of the year to 31 December 2012, according to data released by peak industry body ACSA today. Industry ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a flat start on Wall Street ahead of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. At 0640 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up nine points at 4,4935. ...

Interest rate cuts drive SMSFs to FI, property

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Interest rate cuts in December 2012 drove Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) trustees from cash holdings to fixed interest and direct property investments, Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey found. Cash holdings fell 1.9% to 24.5% in the December ...

Investor 'fear factor' lowest in 40 months

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Australian investors are less scared then they have been in more than three years, and stock market return expectations are at a 20 month high. Research group Investment Trends today released the findings of its January 2013 Investor Intentions Index ...

Bell Direct ranked top online broker

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Online share trader Bell Direct has again topped the customer satisfaction rankings for online traders, ranking first in 15 out of 16 categories in the Investment Trends Online Broking Report for the second half of 2012. The rankings reflect positive ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
The Australian share market has opened fairly flat following a lacklustre finish on Wall Street. At 1030 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.6 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 4,941.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 4.5 ...

Bell Direct ranked top online broker

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Online share trading business Bell Direct has topped the customer satisfaction rankings for online traders in the Investment trends Online Broking report for the second half of 2012. The broker almost achieved a clean sweep ranking first in 15 out of ...

Rum outcome for Bundy: ASIC suspend license

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
A day after a Western Australian credit broker had his license revoked for breaking the law, the industry body has banned Harold Charles Bundy for three years after it found he was not a fit and proper person to engage in credit activities. The ban ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
The Australian share market has rebounded slightly from its weak start. At 1045 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.3 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,916.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 3.8 points, or 0.08 per ...

New claimants join class action against CBA

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
New claimants will participate in a class action brought against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia over the sale of complex debt instruments by Gloucester Shire Council in NSW and self-managed superannuation fund Clurname in the Federal Court last ...