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A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Despite a common perception that the Republican Party is good for business, over the past 12 elections spanning 48 years, the S&P 500 has in fact delivered higher average annual returns under Democratic governments. That's according to a recent paper ...

Family businesses provide engine for recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Family businesses' long-term focus and emphasis on product quality has enabled significant out-performance of the market and placed them in good stead to act as drivers for economic recovery, according to Credit Suisse research. A recent survey of 280 ...

Quest for lower volatility spurs new Aus EM fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Capital International has launched an Australian fund version of its Emerging Markets Total Opportunities strategy, aimed at capturing growth while dampening volatility. The objective-based strategy focuses on investing in a range of traded securities ...

Welcome to the QE Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
ASIC's new guidance on hedge funds will force managers to greater disclosure on where money is invested, how assets are valued, the fund's structure and the risks involved to better protect investors following recent high-profile cases of fraud. Addressing ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

Banks take Bell Group case to High Court

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
The consortium of 20 banks involved in Australia's longest-running court case is seeking leave to appeal to the High Court. The banks, led by Westpac, lost an appeal in Western Australia's Supreme Court last month on a 2008 ruling that ordered them ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat despite falls on Wall Street overnight as euphoria over the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus fade amid concerns about weakness in US manufacturing and anti-American unrest in the Middle East. At ...

Mercer highly recommended by Lonsec

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Mercer's multi-manager funds have been rated "highly recommended" by Lonsec. Mercer said they are the only multi-manager fund group to be consistently rated this highly and that this rating is only granted when Lonsec believe the fund or product can ...

Treasury seeks to boost APRA powers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Proposed new changes from Treasury would see the prudential regulator awarded pre-emptive powers to remove trustees, directors or officers of a superannuation fund where a breach of law was anticipated. The move was part of a broad-reaching consultation ...