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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
The Australian share market is set to open lower after a fall on Wall Street due to lower consumer confidence. At 0804 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 4,307. In economic news, the Reserve Bank of ...

ASX trials small cap research scheme

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
The ASX has awarded funding to a 12-month $1 million equity research scheme to produce independent research on listed small and medium-caps. Targeted at the 92% of ASX-listed entities (around 1,800) with a market capitalisation less than $1 bn, the ...

Big Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
"I did my best But I guess my best wasn't good enough Just once can't we figure out what we keep doing wrong Why we never last for very long What are we doing wrong Just once can't we find a way to finally make it right Make the magic last for more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
The Australian dollar has risen almost one cent and pushed past 105 US cents for the first time in six days following indications from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would keep interest rates low. At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the Australian ...

FOFA passing causes industry division

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
The Future of Financial Advice legislation has successfully passed through the House of Representatives to very mixed reactions from the wealth management industry. Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten called the legislation "historic reforms" ...

Details still needed on opt-in: ANZ Wealth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
The devil will be in the detail of the new requirements on opt-in according to ANZ Wealth, with a number of issues still to consider. The government yesterday released its amendment to the FOFA legislation relating to the controversial requirement ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
There seems to be a sense of calm in the financial markets these days. An eerie calm that makes one wonder what lies inside investors' heads. And usually times like these - times when the market is consolidating - they suggest that the market may have ...

No fear no greed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Commodities Decline on China Concern" -Bloomberg "Chinese growth concerns drag equities, $A lower" -Australian Financial Review "Investors Should Be Getting Out' of Stocks" -Bloomberg TV These were the Chicken Little headlines that ...

Super funds should refocus on fixed interest

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
Superannuation funds need to readjust their view of fixed interest to see its potential as a pre-retirement asset class and its complexities. Dr Doug McTaggart, chief executive of QIC, said that rather than super funds thinking about fixed interest ...

Co-contrib changes need advice strategy update

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
IOOF has cautioned advisers to prepare for the proposed reduction of the co-contribution matching rate from July 1, potentially impacting on a popular strategy for low income clients. Currently low income earners can co-contribute $1,000 into their ...