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TSG adds 11 to portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
The Salisbury Group is rapidly recruiting financial planning practices to its repertoire, recently adding 11 new businesses into its fold. TSG recently announced it had experienced "another successful year and achieved its profit, recruiting and business ...

Perpetual and BT large cap five star; S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Perpetual and BT Financial Group were both awarded a five star rating from Standard & Poor's for the firms' large cap concentrated Australian equities management ability. The research and ratings firm awarded the rating for each firms talent to select ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (18 - 22 Aug 2008) The dearth of key market moving factors indicates this week that financial market activity will continue to focus on the rapid appreciation of the US dollar against most major currencies and the decline in ...

SmartStream on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... ING and Vanguard Investments, appointed Richard Cummings as regional director for SmartStream's Asia Pacific operations in June - and he's sparing no expense to beef up the Australasian team. "Tech firms often don't see Asia as a place to invest talent. ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
Key economic data released overnight provided no new insight for financial markets but only to confirm the current state of the world - that of slowing growth and still high inflation. While inflation appears to be easing in Australia, consumer prices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher today after European and US bourses rose moderately, despite both Germany and France reporting contraction in quarterly gross domestic product (GDP). At 0745 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's ...

Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
Financial market speculation for an imminent RBA rate cut remained despite yesterday's positive news on domestic inflation and consumer sentiment. But this also did not stop the sell-off in the local sharemarket and investors seeking safety in bonds. ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Australian stockmarket is set for another down day of trading and bond yields will head lower if Wall Street's overnight perfromance is anything to go by. US share prices slipped while bonds were higher on the back of more news of losses in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to slide today after Wall Street finished lower after a volatile day's trade. At 0743 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September share price index futures contract was 33 points down to 4,995. Releases today ...

Who plays the PE game, wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
US funds with a high private equity exposure have come out tops of the investment returns league, new figures show. A recent survey by Northern Trust indicate that players with heavy diversification strategies, particularly those who favoured private ...