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Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... improving US economy, there was better good news out of America yesterday than last night - new family home sales rose 7.6% in May (more than expected and the fastest pace since April 2010) and the Dallas Fed business activity index jumped to 5.8 in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher following rises on the US and major European markets despite growing concern on the euro zone ahead of a key European Union leaders meeting. At 0726 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price ...

Mariner launches Austock takeover bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... announcement, with a 20% surge in the thinly traded stock to 12 cents at close. "There is a limited volume in Austock shares, so this may [be] the best opportunity for shareholders to sell any large parcel of Austock shares for some time," Mariner's ...

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
This may be the one we've all been waiting for - the 'crisis moment' that pushes the region that shares a single currency into a unified course of action. Equity markets dropped big time overnight from New York to Rio and old London town - and of course ...

AMP Capital Investors restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
AMP Capital Investors has restructured its equities portfolio management within the multi-manager team. Mary McLaughlin, portfolio manager for the AMPCI Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) Share Fund has already left the group, departing last Tuesday ...

New accountants' licence hailed as win for affordable advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
The federal government's new conditional licensing regime for accountants has been applauded by professional bodies as a step to achieving broader access to financial advice. CPA Australia chief executive officer Alex Malley said the new rules are a ...

Perpetual to slash 40% of workforce

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Fund manager Perpetual has forecast a full year profit slide and announced pay cuts for its board as it begins a major restructure that will see it shed 40% of its workforce. Perpetual chief executive Geoff Lloyd said that after an "honest look" at ...

ILB protect fixed-income: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
Inflation linked bonds should remain part of any long term investor's arsenal because over the long term they have proven to be an effective way to hedge against inflation regardless the current short term trend to low inflation or institutional investors ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released the results of the 2011 Census and they paint a picture of a nation changing positively and very rapidly. The census was conducted in August last year with 9 million dwellings and their 22.8 million ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
A day late and a penny short. Had the stumble in equity and commodity markets and the grim indicators released overnight happened while the Federal Open Market Committee was still in session, Big Ben would have announced something beyond extending the ...