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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... 24 cents at $30.56 after it flagged a five per cent rise in 2013 iron ore production after a bumper result for the June quarter. Westpac was down 25 cents to $22.76, ANZ was 20 cents higher at $23.08, National Australia Bank gained nine cents to $23.79 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's positive lead after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the US economy. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite falls on Wall Street overnight after weak US retail sales figures. At 0800 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up one point at 4,073. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... episode bottom and months later, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared the US recession finished in the June quarter of 2009. There's plenty more of Roubini's failed forecasts as enumerated by Eric Tyson in his column titled, "Update: Nouriel ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... contract was up 15 points at 4,144. In economic news on Thursday, the Reserve Bank of Australia bulletin for the June quarter 2012 is due out. In equities news, Australian Ethical Investments and Echo Resources are due to hold general meetings while ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... aggregate costs for a couple living comfortably in retirement were up by 0.7% in the September quarter 2011 from the June quarter 2011. The increase in costs over the quarter for retirees was similar to the 0.6% increase in the All Groups Consumer Price ...

AustralianSuper awards fresh mandates as FUM soars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... under management up from $32.6 billion a year earlier. Fidelity won a $525 million Australian equities mandate in the June quarter, while Schroders and Perennial picked up Australian fixed income mandates of $329 million and $381 million respectively ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... How about I tell you that revisions to US after-tax corporate profits showed earnings rose at a 4.3% rate in the June quarter from only 0.1% in March. More? Ok, here you go. Jobless claims fell to 391,000 in the week ended 24 September - the lowest since ...

Platforms and wraps lead growth in turbulent times

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
Despite a chaotic year of investment flows and a negative June quarter, the total Masterfund market grew by $26.7 billion in the 12 months to June 30, with platforms and wraps the main beneficiaries. According to Plan For Life, the 6.6% gain for the ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... sharp growth deceleration in Germany and France in the second quarter. German GDP barely grew - at 0.1% -- in the June quarter from 1.3% in the first while the French economy did not grow at all in the second quarter from 0.9% in the first three months ...