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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... December share price index futures contract was 35 points higher at 4,471 points, with 10,438 contracts traded. RBS Morgans equities director Bill Chatterton said resources were leading the charge at open with gains across the sector. "The whole resources ...

New emerging market dividend fund

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... one a super fund, have been the first to invest in a newly available emerging markets dividend fund. Emerging market equities specialist Somerset Capital has launched the registered Australian managed investment scheme, which gives Australian investors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... closing for two days for superstorm Sandy, and ended the session mostly unchanged from Friday's close. "Last night's equities session displayed how hard it is to determine the dollar value of damages and the GDP (gross domestic product) effect of disasters ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after European equities fell despite a raft of largely positive company results, with trading volumes boosted by the resumption of activity in storm-struck New York. At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... said Froot. "Institutional investors continue to display a pronounced, almost secular desire to reallocate away from equities and towards fixed income and cash securities," he said. When the index was in a similar range during 2008, the regional patterns ...

Lonsec and Milliman challenge current advice model for retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... Milliman. "With a growing number of baby-boomers reaching retirement age, and the end of the bull market in Australian equities in 2008, many retirees - and their advisers - are questioning how they will meet their retirement needs in the future." Lukasz ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... releases building approvals for September and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) the financial aggregates for September. In equities news, National Australia Bank (NAB) shares have fallen after it posted a 22 per cent drop in full-year profit, its first ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... releases building approvals for September and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) the financial aggregates for September In equities news, National Australia Bank posts full year results and Challenger managing director Brian Benari is due to address ...

Bank dividends under threat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... That compares to a loss of nearly 3% from the ASX over the same period. However, Selth, former head of international equities at BT Funds Management, warned delegates at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Conference, that dividends ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... US growth rate, after having taken a hit on the Spanish unemployment rate breaching 25 per cent for the first time. In equities news on Monday, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is due to hold its annual general meeting and Panaust to post its third quarter ...