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Diamonds are a fund's best friends

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... of wealth was taking place from West to East and that moving money into diamonds was a way to profit from this trend. "Western sellers, trying to preserve businesses or real estate holdings are putting large gems up for sale at US50c to US60c on the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... announcing a maiden iron ore reserve estimate of 716 million tonnes for the first stage of its Solomon Hub project in Western Australia. Among energy stocks, Woodside was up 33 cents at $45.73, Santos had shed 14 cents to $14.34 and Oil Search had gained ...

Chapel Road appeal forces ASIC to show the goods

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... asked to see copies of all documents between ASIC and the five firms, Financial Wisdom, Count Financial Group, Greater Western Financial Services, AMP Financial Planning and Grosvenor Securities, to verify its claims. On May 16 this year, NSW Supreme ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... provider NRW Holdings improved six cents to $2.68 as it was awarded a $158 million 12-month contract in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Regional pay-tv provider Austar lifted 9.5 cents to $1.32 after it confirmed reports that it has entered ...

Fin services lend weight to East Timor education

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... financial planning firm has given a group of young East Timorese a new lease of life by giving them access to what many in the western world take for granted: education. Last Saturday, more than 20 financial services providers supported a fundraising ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... growth without overheating their economies. Lower commodity prices increase consumers' spending power in the moribund western economies while at the same time keeping a lid on inflation. This, would allow their central banks to maintain easy monetary ...

Vow appoints wealth head

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... market, while at Citibank he was manager of third party sales for NSW and ACT. King has experience with Aussie, South Western Financial Services, GE Finance and Westpac. Vow Wealth Management is offering its brokers the opportunity to move into financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Oceanagold Corporation reports first quarter results. In Perth, Kagara Ltd executive chairman Kim Robinson addresses a Western Australia Mining Club luncheon. The Electricity Price & Markets Dynamic Review conference begins in Sydney. On Wednesday, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... it won a $250 million contract with Fortescue Metals Group to provide engineering services to expand port facilities in Western Australia. Rare earths developer Lynas Corporation fell 21 cents to $2.24 as it postponed an extraordinary general meeting ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... the last three to seven years. He warned that risks associated with the high returns offered by developing markets meant Western capital inflows may never be able to be repatriated.