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Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... suspects. There's slowing growth in China, tepid growth in America and recession in Euroland. There's the falling price of commodities - especially iron ore (one of our major exports) - and declining terms of trade prompting resource and mining companies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... obviously, didn't have any US markets last night, the European markets were generally a little bit better and the commodities were a bit better as well," he said. "At the moment it's a bit of a lacklustre day and most of it's down to having our friends ...

Farm land a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... July last year, as shown by the World Bank's Food Price Index, which tracks the price of internationally traded food commodities.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... first half results. The local market on Thursday fell as resources companies suffered steep losses amid weakness on commodities markets. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 40.7 points, or 0.93 per cent, to 4,315.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

AMP North nudges $3 billion in AUM

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... including multi-manger funds, managed funds, online direct share trading, exchange traded funds and exchange traded commodities. Since its launch in 2007 as a guarantee product on a basic platform, North has been progressively upgraded to reach full ...

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... at a round table yesterday. China is a "slow moving freight train", weaning itself off its dependency on Australian commodities, Stephen noted. "Australia is totally and deeply integrated with Asia and we have been riding the miner's back for too long. ...

Fidelity calls rising tide for equities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... become most overlooked," said Rossi. The key risks for equities have been bank deleveraging, complacent policy making, commodities prices and the political risks in Europe - but Rossi said these have been recognised, and either mitigated or priced into ...

Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... to think carefully about the different risk or return elements each asset brings to the table. "A good example is commodities - they don't have a discount rate whereas both equities and bonds do. "So, while bonds have been a good diversifier to equities ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... expectations that the Fed and the ECB will do some stimulation of sorts will stimulate global growth and tickle appetites for commodities (outside of corn, wheat and soybeans). But there are a few who talk about the A$ decoupling from commodity prices. ...

North to offer bank deposit rebates

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... includes multi-manager funds, managed funds, online direct share trading, exchange traded funds and exchange traded commodities. In the past year the proportion of the platform's FUA in deposit investments has increased 5-fold to 6.9%. "The administration ...