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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... 0.60 per cent firmer. Meanwhile, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets in the United States on Tuesday. Market watchers believe the recent uplift in the US economy will be enough to stop the recent policy of quantitative easing. The large miners ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... the danger level of 7.0 per cent. Italy, Greece and Spain all paid sharply higher rates to raise fresh funds. Market watchers are waiting for Italy's new leader Mario Monti to appoint a new cabinet. Australia's big miners led the small local gains, with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... rally wasn't as strong as it could have been, as most of the details of the package had already been known to market-watchers. "We knew that the EFSF was going to be over a trillion dollars and that it was going to use leverage and we knew the banks ...

Dividends boom as capital returned to investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... taken by many investors earlier in the year, Russell's High Value Index saw value in financials at a time when market watchers were shying away, and went underweight resources while they were experiencing a rally."

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... to regain my faith. Consider this. The Fed's latest foray into stimulation offers something for investors, inflation watchers, deficit worry-warts and credit-ratings agencies. It addresses the problem of lowering the cost of capital for businesses and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... personal reasons". Hours after his resignation was announced, Stark called for drastic reforms to the eurozone, as ECB watchers suggested that the bank was deeply split over its handling of Europe's sovereign debt crisis. Stark, a German, had been a ...

Snowball reports 3pc rise in profits following Shadforth merger

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... market volatility and sustained uncertainty. The combined entity now has a market capitalisation of $269 million. Industry watchers view it as a potential takeover target, as one of the largest independent advisory firms left standing after the Commonwealth ...

Deadline tonight for Trio levy submissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... Capital fraud. With the impost worked out as a percentage of funds under management and capped at $500,000, some industry watchers predicted it could disadvantage small funds compared to industry giants such as AustralianSuper, who have many billions ...

Planners react badly to FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... adviser told Financial Standard that planners would not give advice on risk insurance if they were not paid. Industry watchers have made the point that planners would be breaking the law if they did not provide advice in the best interests of their client ...

Fund managers fail to make the grade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... unit to implement a well-designed investment process. The majority of strategies fall short in some areas." Industry watchers believe the research house is adopting a tough approach after having lost face in the Trio Capital scandal, along with other ...