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Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... Rio Tinto jumped $1.97, or 3.45 per cent, to $59.15 and Fortescue gained five cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $3.91. The four major banks also opened strongly. ANZ gained 12 cents to $24.21, National Australia Bank surged 20 cents to $24.15, Westpac added ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... externalised to an outside investment manager. "How will the fund handled periods like this?" he asked. Included among the major governance factors highlighted by Evans were insufficient skills to hold internal investment managers to account. There may ...

Early engagement key to next-gen wealth transfer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... Opportunity Australia's Robert Dunn. Seeing the family fortune passed on to a family member who will use it meaningfully is a major concern for many ultra high net worth individuals. The destruction of wealth is a common problem when it passes to children ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
The Australian market is expected to open higher after gains on Wall Street overnight. Stocks on major US indices enjoyed early gains before they were trimmed back by news that there had been no major progress by politicians toward a compromise on the ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... spending. Real personal consumption growth was revised to 1.4% from 2.0% in the first estimate. So that's that. Nothing major. It's still the cliff Wall Street's worried about. For things could change dramatically depending on what happens. No deal and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... on exploration and evaluation projects by $US1 billion ($A961.95 million) over the remainder of 2012 and 2013. The four major banks all posted gains at the start of the day. ANZ was up eight cents at $23.90, National Australia Bank gained 2.5 cents to ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street gains on optimism the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax rises and spending cuts threatening the US with recession can be avoided. At 0643 AEDT on Thursday, the December share ...

Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... wish to consider as they plan for the future," he explained. The Democrat win also ends speculation about the unwinding of major pieces of legislation such as the Dodd-Frank banking reforms and 'Obamacare'. Birkhold says increased bank regulation and ...

Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Major research into the self managed super funds sector affirms that while flexibility and tax management is their primary motivation, their ability to stick with their chosen investment strategy gives them a self perceived performance advantage as ...

Challenger ready for new capital rules

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Uncertainties around extra capital requirements have been resolved and should ease pressure on Challenger's share price, confirmed the annuities' provider's chief executive Brian Benari yesterday "Uncertainty in relation to the impact of the new standards ...