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Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Waiting. Waiting, waiting, waiting and waiting, waiting. Don't' you just hate it? Over the past month or so, this seems to be all that financial markets have been doing - waiting for the result of the French and Greek elections, waiting for Greece's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls of two per cent on Wall Street overnight as disappointing economic data from China and Europe followed the Federal Reserve's slashing its growth forecast for the United States. At 0815 AEST on ...

Former AFA president mourned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Former Association of Financial Advisers president and former South Australian state director, Michael Murphy, has died at the age of 66, after a six year battle with cancer. In announcing his loss to Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) members ...

FOFA misses the mark on investment fraud

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
A finance industry lawyer has warned that the FOFA regulations will not prevent Trio, Storm and Westpoint-type disasters from occuring in the future. "There has been no real change to rules making early detection and pre-emptive enforcement easier against ...

Advisers use of ETFs on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The number of exchange traded funds used by investors is on the rise despite continued market volatility, with up to 70,000 users expected by the end of the year, according to the latest BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. The BetaShares/Investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
SYDNEY, May 15 AAP - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 32 points at 4,265. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank ...

No money in equities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
There were really no fresh talking points I could find on cyberspace last night, just a flipping of the flop in sentiment seen over the past few days. For last night we got news that US unemployment claims came in a thousand heads better than expected. ...

Mexican standoff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012

RBS signs MOU for sale of Asian assets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... number two lender, CIMB Group Holdings Bhd has announced a memorandum of understanding with the Royal Bank of Scotland. The MOU covers the purchase of certain parts of the cash equities, equity capital markets and corporate finance businesses in Asia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street's strong positive lead after US jobs data showed the lowest unemployment in almost four years. At 0809 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 40 points ...