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Pooled funds lose cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... strong growth in deposits as investors have the jitters. Also if you look at returns on term deposits... they are generally pretty good." Plan For Life's data showed net retail capital flowing to managed funds fell by more than 80 per cent from $1.19 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... 101.14 US cents. St George chief economist Besa Deda said the local unit was drifting lower on Wednesday. "It remains a pretty quiet trading day today," Ms Deda said. "There's a bit of profit taking accruing, after getting to 101.28 US cents overnight ...

Share plummet overplayed - fund managers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... event risk, my inclination is that they will get it under control but the tail risk of not getting it under control is pretty high, so it's a time to remain cautious," he said.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... economist Adam Carr said news of another explosion at a Japanese nuclear power plant had dampened risk sentiment. "Markets are pretty jittery," he said. "Events in Japan are the thing to watch this morning." The seal around a reactor at a quake-damaged ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... the local market followed that lead early in the day. The local market had recovered some ground by noon, however. "For a pretty ordinary overnight performance in the US, there are some bright spots," Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... cent to 12,342 units in January, seasonally adjusted, from an upwardly revised 14,682 units in December. "Housing held up pretty well over the past year," Mr Turner said. "There was a big fall in the Other' component of the data, which is used as a proxy ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... in the December quarter in adjusted chain volumes measures was also up 0.8 per cent. "You put all that together and it's pretty strong data," Mr Roberts said. "In real terms we get about $2.2 billion in contribution to gross domestic product (GDP). The ...

AFA takes the lead with consumer campaign

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... last three years, but that it's focus is now changing as a result of the expected reforms. "We have been charged with some pretty significant mandates, and over 2010 the AFA positioned the advice world that there was going to be change and everyone had ...

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... a combination, on the latest figures, of a 5 per cent unemployment rate and an inflation rate clearly 'in the 2's' is a pretty favourable one by the standards of recent decades." These were Stevens' words when testified before the House of Representatives ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... force on the market, other than the fact that you've still got Commonwealth Bank doing extraordinarily well after it's pretty robust result yesterday," he said on Thursday. Major banks were mixed at noon. Commonwealth Bank was up 37 cents at $55.44 ...