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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
The Australian market has received strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0630 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was 32 points higher at 4,664 points. In economics news on Thursday ...

Australia well behind in carbon pricing

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
While Australian board responsibility may be high, standards fall behind global competitors in terms of carbon pricing and reduction targets. ASX100 companies executive responsibility for climate change reaches 94 per cent, ranking Australia third in ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
"...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial ...

Planner associations at different stages globally

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
The issue of whether Australian financial adviser associations should be doing more for their members and how they compare to their US counterparts has cropped up in the industry, with many divided on the topic as to the role an association should play. ...

RMB rise to benefit local investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
Advisers could add more value to their clients' portfolios by taking a closer look at the rise of the Renminbi (RMB) and its impact on the currencies of neighbouring countries, an expert in Chinese investments said. Simon Wu, executive director of Premium ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
"War! huh-yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing..." Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote this song in 1969 in protest of the Vietnam War. Its lyrics talk about the lost of lives and "tears to a thousand mothers' eyes". "War! It ain't nothing ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
Dateline 1 July 1997. Many will remember this day, the day that the United Kingdom handed Hong Kong back to the People's Republic of China. There was much trepidation and fear in the air leading up to the expiration of the UK's 99-year lease on the ...

Asia-Pac HNWI market approaches US$10 tn: report

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
The combined wealth of Asia-Pacific's high net worth individuals (HNWI) surged almost 31 per cent in 2009 to US$9.7 trillion, erasing the losses recorded in 2008 and placing the Asian market above Europe for the first time on record, a new survey has ...

China not heading for a property bust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Talks of a property bubble in China are overstated as the Chinese government has introduced new home ownership and lending rules to cool the market, said an investment expert. "I don't think we have a bubble yet," said Samantha Ho, investment director ...

Real assets are the future of investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
Investors should be wary and highly conscious of the rapidly changing geopolitical status of the world if they are to continue to succeed in the market, said Dr Phillipa Malmgren when speaking at the MLC Implemented Consulting Conference yesterday. ...