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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices all clearly lower, along with oil, although precious metals were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0714 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
I heart the RBA. Who wouldn't? OK, ok... most borrowers perhaps. But in the general scheme of things it's on top of the list on my Valentine's list. The minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's February Board meeting is set for outing today. The minutes ...

Ahead of the pack

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS THE MEDIA PARTNER OF THE MFSS.  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Every industry needs game changers - a select crowd that stirs the pot or keeps raising the bar for everyone else. In financial services, they can be found within the ranks of the innovators and the pioneers. Early next month the Australian Centre for ...

Indonesia looking to deepen its capital markets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
The Indonesian stock market was the Asia region's top performer in 2010, posting gains of 45 per cent, but the surge of foreign-sourced investment inflows has prompted the Indonesian government to reassess the size and depth of its debt and equity markets. ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
Better the mole you expect. America's still whacking its mole of tepid economic growth with the twin hammers of the US Federal Reserve's US$600 billion QE2 and the Obama administration's fiscal largesse. So far these twin hammers appear to be doing ...

Trustees review fine print

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
The twin themes of super funds gaining more scale and moving more of their investment management in-house will force trustees to add extra layers of governance or risk losing large sums of fund members' money, experts said. The recent case of AvSuper ...

Super contribs to SMSFs down, asset alloc steady

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
SMSF contributions fell by more than 20 per cent in the last quarter - following similar patterns throughout last year, new research shows. According to figures from Multiport, the December quarter saw the average inflow of contributions to SMSFs decrease ...

US manager charged with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
The US corporate watchdog has cracked down on a Long Island-based money manager for engaging in a fraudulent investment program, which cost investors $8 million in illicit commissions and fees. Warren Nadel, through his investment advisory firm Registered ...

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
Regulatory reforms, politics, and high profile M&A activity dominated the financial services landscape this year - Financial Standard looks back at the stories that shook up the industry this year. It was an extraordinary year in Australian politics. ...

Hooray it's Oprah day

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
So much for Australia's vision of itself as a world financial centre as Oprah has shown that all the world wants from us is Kangaroos, Koalas, sunny beaches and iron ore. Or is that the wrong way to look at the frenzy now supposedly gripping the nation ...