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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Think somebody forgot to remind the Australian stock market that we're still in May. Sell, sell, sell in May remember? The All Ordinaries index jumped just a few points shy of a full percent yesterday despite a negative lead in the final day of trading ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight and continued political uncertainty in Europe. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,155. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... form a government amid fears it could end up leaving the eurozone while Angela Merkel's party was beaten in a local German poll. Tokyo closed 0.23 per cent, or 20.53 points, higher at 8,973.84 on Monday while Sydney added 0.28 per cent, or 11.9 points ...

More wealth beyond resources

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Investors who rely on natural efficiency improvements to protect their resources portfolio may lose out, according to one UK fund manager. Once seen as 'nice to have', environmental resources are now viewed as limiting factors on economic growth in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... positive German business confidence report but Spain fell on concerns over its debt after the government suffered a surprise poll setback. Dealers said Spain was already causing concern after missing its public deficit target badly last year and news ...

Funds remain unconvinced on lifecycle MySuper product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... not-for-profit super sector remain unconvinced a lifecycle product will offer the best outcome for members, according to a recent poll by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. A recent survey of 40 not-for-profit funds found only 10% of ...

FSC urges Senate to vote for SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... when the SG rate will be set at 12%. Meanwhile, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) also released a poll revealing that while 75% of Australians backed the move to raise the guarantee rate, one in three thought the phase in period ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... ultra-loose monetary policies from major central banks and amid new signs of progress in the euro zone's debt crisis..." The poll showed upward revisions to 2012 growth predictions for the Eurozone, the UK and Japan and unchanged for the US. According ...

Volatility is MIA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
Whoops! Looks like I got one of my calls for the year wrong. And this is that high volatility would remain with us for most of 2012. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Volatility, instead, has gone MIA. Reports out last night should have provided the catalyst for ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... from 22 percent in 2010, according to Credit Suisse Group AG. That makes China the only of seven developing countries in its poll that saw declining willingness for home purchases." And speaking of housing, that sector remains in the doldrums in America. ...