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US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The US debt-ceiling debacle may give markets a bit of a scare but was unlikely to end in disaster, a portfolio manager for Janus Capital Group said yesterday. US President Barack Obama has warned of impending US economic catastrophe if Congress doesn't ...

Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... compensation claims, many worth more than $100,000, are now being processed by professional indemnity insurers. Financial planners bear the brunt of claims when things go wrong, with a surge of private indemnity insurance claims also occurring after ...

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
The financial markets' performance over the first three months of the year showed what investors feared most - and this is, getting run over by a rampaging bull. There were a number of factors that could have easily spooked investors into hiding -- ...

More time needed for Stronger Super side issues: Costello

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... included in default superannuation products. He said people in default strategies needed better value for money, and should not bear the cost of advice they received no benefit from. "(you) cannot include the cost of comprehensive advice in default products," ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... jumped at least 1.4 percent." What do these tell us, Sisyphus? These confirm that equities are in a bull market and a not a bear market rally as the prophets of doom would have you believe. Market history observers note that during bull markets investors ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Perhaps 'twas the Japanese people's seeming stoicism in the face of what could be as close to an apocalypse as we could get that although concerned, there hasn't been any observable and widespread panic in the financial markets. Sure the Nikkei-225 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was continuing to rise at noon as investors buy back into stocks that were sold off in the wake of Japan's crisis. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.7 points, or 1.12 per cent, at 4,579.4 points, while ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
US treasuries may fall in value following the Japanese earthquake, with fixed-interest fund managers assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 ...

RockStar charity raises $120k

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... back while letting their hair down and networking with peers," said McLaren. This year's recipients of the proceeds were Bear Cottage and Open Family Australia. Since FICAP was established in early 2006, it has raised more than half a million for various ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... facility outside the rebel-held town of Ras Lanuf. On Wall Street, it was a weak start to the second-year anniversary of the bear market lows struck on March 9, 2009, when the Dow finished at its lowest level since 1997, at 6,547.05 points. Since then ...