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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... holidays over the Easter period rather than dabbling in the market at the moment," Mr Heffernan said. "I don't think anything locally is going to be driving the market today as far as I can ascertain, either on the corporate front or on the economic ...

Super needs to forget about politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... that "most of AustralianSuper members would crawl over broken glass to have this money; most of Australians don't have anything like a million dollars." Silk said that the superannuation industry is one in transition where a 65 year old person retiring ...

FICAP Rockstars gear up for tonight's fundraising

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... NSW's 'FICAP Voices Program'. "The amount of talent the financial services community has is astounding. If rehearsal was anything to go by, we can expect an incredible night tonight with our sponsor-nominated RockStar hopefuls and the FICAP Band,"said ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... improvement in markets and reasonably good company earnings report. "Without further spurs, it doesn't look as if there's anything to take the market higher at the moment." Commodity price rises boosted mining stocks, with BHP Billiton lifting 20 cents ...

QE paradox in reverse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... optimism that's permeating through every nook and cranny of the financial market world", there's still Murphy's Law: anything that can go wrong will go wrong. And it could be oil because "dearer oil prices raise the cost of business inputs and erodes ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... Bloomberg reported "Bridgewater Bets on Stocks as Cash Moves Into Market". "You want to be borrowing cash and hold almost anything against it," Prince said, according to a transcript of the call obtained by Bloomberg News. "We are at a possible inflection ...

Alternative funds delivering: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... returns. Between 2005 and 2011, globally pension funds have increased their allocation to alternatives, which could include anything from private equity to real assets such as farm land, from 5% to 20%, van Eyk said. van Eyk Head of Manager Research ...

Social media anything but rocket science

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The proper adoption of social media strategy by financial advisers will help to raise up the public perception of the sector so often portrayed badly by media. This was the call to arms within the opening address by Baz Gardner conference host and Social ...

Another former asset consultant joins Cbus

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... of a couple of appointments that will be made. "This is about increasing our capabilities, not about trying to replace anything. We are trying to take a path where we are less focused on what others are doing, and more on what we think is a good idea," ...

Baby boomers stagger blindfold into retirement: REST

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... the biggest surprise within the results is the proportion of baby boomers - around half - who don't expect to give up anything in retirement, especially given their expected reliance on the age pension. The survey also reveals a growing reliance on the ...