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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the more muted start on the Australian bourse on Tuesday compared with offshore counterparts was in part due to the gains achieved on the local market on Monday. "Our smaller move today reflects the fact ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have opened higher, with gains among the big miners helping defy a weak lead from offshore markets. At 1029 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 13.8 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4,179.3 points, while the broader ...

UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... gain underlying asset sector exposure passively by investing largely in exchange traded funds (ETFs), both onshore and offshore, and other passive 'building blocks'. "The way we have structured our tactical beta-funds is specifically to meet the low ...

PJC blasts Trio follow-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... Services also called on the government to appropriately resource ASIC to allow a proper investigation of the various offshore companies into which Trio funds were invested. "The government must also appropriately resource the AFP to establish a dedicated ...

Fidante expands Asian footprint with MIR

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... expertise in Asian equities fits in with the firm's objective to develop international products for both domestic and offshore investors. MIR was set up nine years ago by founder and managing director Michael Triguboff. The firm specialises in the wholesale ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said. Mr Bishop said the local market received an indifferent lead from offshore, when equity markets in the US and Europe finished mixed amid continued focus on the worries in Europe. Making news on Thursday ...

Australian shares on SMSF's radar

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... we've seen international shares exposure reduce slightly, indicating that there's still uncertainty in the direction of offshore markets." To get an insight into where SMSF trustees invest, Multiport undertakes a quarterly analysis of SMSF investments ...

Market solutions favoured in OTC derivative reform

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... Council advises that it does not consider restrictions should be placed on local participants in accessing domestic or offshore financial infrastructure at this time, subject to appropriate safeguards being in place," said the statement. "This is an ...

CBA commits to local jobs

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
CBA boss Ian Narev has committed to retaining local staff and not moving offshore, despite pressures from customer preferences, instead promising to simplify products. Speaking in a shareholder briefing yesterday, Narev said the Commonwealth Bank of ...

HSBC announces first int'l RMB bond

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... dovetailed with an initiative launched by George Osborne, British chancellor of the exchequer, to make London a centre for offshore RMB trade. "Today's event emphasises that we are not prepared to let anyone steal a march on us in terms of new products ...