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Earnings surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
It's earnings season on Wall Street once more. But it might be different this time. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq narrowly escaped a broadly down day during last night's trading - both ending 0.3 per cent higher - while the Dow slipped by 0.1 per cent ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Talk of the town. That's the RBA of course. At a time when other G-20 nations continue to debate the growth alphabet of their own recovery, Australia's central bank declared, 'no mas!' 'No mas' need for keeping interest rates at the emergency level ...

Advisers let down by MMs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Advisers have been let down by under performing multi-manager investments, putting pressure on advisers to rethink how they use their fund research. Robert McGregor, asset consultant to Astarra Funds told the AFA annual conference that "you can outsource ...

Elders sells 51pc FP stake to Millenium3

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
Elders has signed a Heads of Agreement to sell 51 per cent of Elders Financial Planning to Millennium3 Financial Services (M3). The agreement will see the formation of a joint venture company, with Elders to own 49 per cent and M3 51 per cent. M3 is ...

October - an E (entry/exit) point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
September 2009 bucked the historical norm - that of being the weakest month of the year for stocks - but October started with a bang that scared the thundering herd of bulls. My oh my, just imagine the extrapolations this could engender? Equities sold ...

APRA stresses super client burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
John Trowbridge, executive member at Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), has highlighted the pressure group insurers are under to attain and keep contracts with large super funds. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia yesterday ...

F1 scandal forces ING to dump Renault early

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
ING has terminated its global sponsorship of the Formula One Renault Team early as fallout continues to dog the sport and the sponsors following the Renault F1 cheating scandal. An investigation into a plan to deliberately crash at last year's Singapore ...

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
There is no mistaking that in the battle between the bulls and the bears, the thundering herd of male cows have got the upper hand over the past six months. Investor sentiment has changed from fearing being in the market to dreading missing out. Despite ...

Macquarie wins award for agricultural fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management (MAFM) has been named Real Asset Manager of the Year at the Foundation & Endowment Money Management's Nonprofit Awards for Excellence. The title was given in recognition of achievements during the last year through ...

Evans and Partners signs on to IRESS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
Evans and Partners, a Melbourne-based investment advisory firm, has gone live with the full range of integrated IRESS products. Together, IRESS and Evans and Partners implemented the change of technology over a period of eight weeks. Within the integrated ...