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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... German growth data, but with the biggest of them, the London FTSE, losing ground amid inflation fears. The FTSE 100 index of top shares fell 0.38 per cent to finish on 6,037.08 points. Traders in London also reacted to official data showing British annual ...

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
I heart the RBA. Who wouldn't? OK, ok... most borrowers perhaps. But in the general scheme of things it's on top of the list on my Valentine's list. The minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's February Board meeting is set for outing today. The minutes ...

BT Financial expands into insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... solution being a full retail offering and will be available through WRAP Superannuation. IRESS has awarded BT Insurance the top quartile rankings for its Life, TPD, Trauma and IP products.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads leading into Monday's trade, with offshore markets buoyed following the departure overnight on Friday of Egyptian president Mubarak. On the ASX 24 at 0645 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Gone in 18 days! The New Year's fresh events risk that was Egypt has gone with the departure of the country's strongman. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had been ultimately forced to abandon the throne his bum had been glued onto for 30 years by 18-days ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... per cent, to $2.93 as investors continued to digest the company's half year result, announced on Thursday. Telstra was the top traded stock by volume, with 71.6 million shares being traded for a value of $209.9 million. Volumes across the market picked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... belonging to the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group rebounded after taking a hammering on Wednesday on rumours that India's top accounting body was looking into its financial affairs. WELLINGTON - In New Zealand, logistics company Mainfreight delivered ...

SMSFs pour more into property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... "It's about understanding the cyclical nature of property and the timing of it but I think that fund managers are getting on top of that now," he added. Appetite for unlisted retail among SMSFs is expected to grow as a means to guarantee income and preserve ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... which was trumped after the close by a possible Deutsche Boerse merger with the NYSE Euronext. London's FTSE 100 index of top shares finished the day down 0.64 per cent at 6,052.29 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 slipped 0.03 per cent to 7,320.90 points and ...

Bank lends aid to fin planning businesses

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
St.George Bank and other lenders are looking to plug the funding gap in the financial planning industry left by its rivals that have withdrawn from the market. Commonwealth Bank's decision to cease lending to financial planning businesses late last ...