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Is offshore investment necessary?

A Financial Standard analysis on the correlation between the Australian and US equity markets shows there is a strong connection between the two bourses and that the relationship has grown stronger over the past 12 months. While the Financial Standard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from Wall Street on Friday, although in a special trading session on in New York yesterday, oil rose again in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav making landfall in the continental US. At 0751 AEST ...

Zurich hires investment specialist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia appointed Patrick Noble as senior investments specialist. Prior to this appointment, Noble worked at Skandia for roughly five years as investment specialist and also across distribution and investment research roles. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
The Australian equities market powered ahead at noon as rising optimism about the troubled US financial sector helped boost local banking stocks. At 1205 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had spiked 154.5 points, or 3.18 per cent, to 4994.4, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks closed on a fairly positive note on Friday following investor optimism about the troubled financial sector. At 0812 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price ...

T.Rowe Global Equity fund 'highly recommended'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
The T. Rowe Price Global Equity Fund received a 'highly recommended' rating from independent research firm Lonsec after exhibiting a robust investment strategy and experienced management team. The fund is managed by Robert Gensler, T. Rowe Price portfolio ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was slightly in the red at noon after virtually flatlining in morning trade amid ongoing concern for Babcock & Brown's debt woes. At 1208 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.8 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 5,361.3 ...

Record jobless rate not feeding a wage spiral

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The lowest jobless rate in more than three decades is not producing a wage rise spiral, a report shows. Total pay rates, which include bonuses and overtime, increased by 7.5 per cent in the year to May, the Melbourne Institute quarterly wages report ...

Online insurance lost in cyberspace

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
Australians shopping for insurance online can save up to ten per cent more than buying them through conventional means - but the online revolution seems to be slow on the uptake, a new survey shows. According to a recent Allianz poll, only 32 per cent ...

Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
Despite having 9 per cent of the world's proven oil reserves, Abu Dhabi, the biggest of the seven United Arab Emirates (UAEs) is still looking for outside investment to transform itself into an international capital city, industry-hub, and tourism Mecca. ...