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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 ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
There's a certain kind of hush all over the world overnight as financial markets turned their attention back to the Greeks and their seemingly never-ending negotiations with their benefactors - the IMF, the EU, the ECB... and private creditors. Ahhh ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has fallen back as traders remain concerned that a resolution for the Greece's debt woes will eventuate. At 0701 AEDT on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 107.94 US cents, down from 108.18 cents on Wednesday afternoon. ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has fallen while trading within a tight range ahead of a key Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate decision. At 1200 AEDT on Tuesday, the local currency was trading at 107.15, down from 107.25 on Monday afternoon. From ...