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Japan shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... would cause ''economic turmoil'' around the world." This report received more impetus when Japanese Emperor Akihito made a rare - very rare - appearance on TV addressing his people. "We don't know the number of victims, but I pray that every single person ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... by unrest in the Middle East, eurozone debt worries, a wider-than-expected US trade deficit and China's announcement of a rare trade deficit for February. Friday's falls came after steep losses on Thursday, when Shanghai lost 1.50 per cent, and on Wall ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes all losing more than 1.8 per cent in the day. A wider-than-expected US trade deficit and a rare trade shortfall in China for February, together with new sovereign downgrades in Europe and turmoil in Saudi Arabia raised ...

Hunter Hall launches two equity funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
Fund manager Hunter Hall taps into rising financial adviser demand for global equities with the launch of a fully-hedged global equities fund and an Asian equities fund. The boutique manager has introduced the new fully hedged global equities fund as ...

AFA Foundation and Future2 raise funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... lightweight manual wheelchairs for Jamie-Lee and Samantha Dwyer, sisters aged 18 and 20 years and sufferers of Friedrich Ataxia, a rare degenerative and life-shortening condition. "This grant opens the way to Future2 working more closely with the AFA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... inflation with an interest rate rise on Tuesday continued to worry Hong Kong, as US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke made rare criticism of the Beijing central bank's anti-inflationary strategy. In other markets, Singapore tumbled 1.50 per cent, with ...

Fin services execs rock 'n' roll for charity

... Financial Group, said the event has become a favourite on the Financial Services Community calendar. "It is one of those rare occasions where people from across different areas of the industry including - dealer groups, fund managers, financial planners ...

More turbulence ahead: De Bever

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... Management Consultants Association (IMCA) conference in Sydney yesterday. De Bever's presence at the conference marks one of his rare visits after his surprise departure from VFMC in 2008 (staying with the fund for a year and a half). "It's bittersweet ...

HOSTPLUS improves insurance, maintains fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... until at least January 2012, remaining at the same rate as 2004 when the freeze was introduced. This makes the super fund a rare example of a fund that has kept fees unchanged for at least seven years. "Few funds could say they have not moved their fees ...

Centric Wealth gears up for acquisitions

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... planners keen to join the group, thanks to big league M&As bubbling in the market. Mergers such as AMP and AXA's present rare opportunities to non-bank aligned financial planning dealer groups to beef up their acquisitions, said John McMurdo, chief executive ...