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Emerging markets look expensive: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... does the ASX200 A-REITs. Cash has a 5 per cent allocation in the portfolio. The Trader Portfolio, which invests solely in the top two best performing ETFs, has a 50 per cent allocation to the ASX200 and emerging markets.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... the Treasury market. Concerns grew that China's efforts to keep its economy under control could hurt a global recovery. A top banking regulator said on Wednesday that China will tighten its monitoring of banks as it tries to prevent speculative bubbles ...

Mandatory online schooling for trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Ireland's Pensions Board has launched an e-learning system that mandates trustees to undertake professional training every two years - a step some argue could be the way forward for Australian trustees. From 1 February 2010, Irish trustees are expected ...

Applications open for investment consulting program

IMCA ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
IMCA Australia is now taking applications for the Certified Investment Management (CIMA) program, which begins in September this year. The course is made up of two components, an independent study program (Level 1) and a residential program and examination ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
The Australian share market opened slightly lower on Friday as BHP Billiton, QBE Insurance and Orica declined, after mixed overnight trading when US stocks rose while copper and oil slipped. At 1018 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.9 ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... their crystal balls. Now consensus is building that the unemployment rate has peaked. The jobless rate has only reached a top of 5.8 per cent since GFC? What happens to Access Economics' forecast of 7.5 per cent? That has already been revised down to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads overnight, with all three key Wall Street indices higher, along with precious metals and copper, although the price of crude oil fell again. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Integration key to AXA bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... per cent of the market. To put this in perspective, this is only slightly more concentrated than the car industry where the top five brands control 60 per cent of the market," they noted. Rainmaker said depending on which acquisition scenario plays out ...

Frontier reweighs alternatives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... alternative investments tend to lock investors in for longer, compared with other assets. Rather, it could be the case of where the top-ups are going to be or how the fund can tap into investments that have become more appealing, "particularly on the ...

AMIST awards Vanguard mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
Meat industry super fund AMIST ploughs more money in international equities with a fresh mandate awarded to Vanguard. John Livanas, chief executive of the fund, said this is the first time the super fund has invested with an index manager - aside from ...