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Confusion over APRA risk disclosure guidance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... risk presentation. "I just don't think it gives people enough clear size. The problem is it says negative return, but how big is that negative return? Negative returns eight years in every 20 doesn't really inform me very much about how big my potential ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... the whole, exactly what you, I and Irene expected it would be - a,-130 bil in exchange for austerity measures. There were no big surprises - none at all. So why have financial markets behaved the way they did last night when they got exactly what they ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... 2008 as the financial crisis broke and a deep recession took hold. But profit taking and less-than-impressive results from big companies like Wal-Mart left trade to sag and the index closed almost even, up 16.20 points (0.13 per cent) at 12,966.07. The ...

Securitor advisers gain new access

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
Dealer group Securitor has launched a new investment research and strategy website for its advisers, offering equities, product and thematic market research to meet the needs of its adviser network. The new website will include a range of features such ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
The Australian share market was slightly higher at noon after a quiet morning of trading as investors await the outcome of a meeting of euro zone finance ministers. At 1230 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.4 points, or 0.5 per cent, at ...

Not enough US retail hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... distribution challenges in the hedge fund market, the view is that since 2008 registered investment advisors in the US and big retail intermediaries have been clamoring for the same things for their clients that institutions have - less correlation to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,736.20 per ounce, up $US3.25 from Friday's local close of $US1,732.95 per ounce. The big miners were firmer at noon - BHP had advanced 62 cents to $35.82 and Rio Tinto was up $1.20 at $67.77. Bell Potter senior adviser ...

All Greeced out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012

AustralianSuper talks scale, further growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
AustralianSuper and BUSS(Q) super fund heads spoke yesterday about the difference scale makes to their operation and how big is too big in the world of superannuation. Peter Curtis, senior investment manager for AustralianSuper spoke during a panel ...

Dam Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... ANZ and hot off the press today, Air Australia. These are a few of what I've googled so far. And oh, tourism operators, no big names yet I found...but they've been shedding jobs too. I don't know about the banks (and the rationales they put forward for ...