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Vote of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Here we go again. News headlines are awash with reports - nay, warnings - that Australian interest rates are headed higher. Who else would you have expected to trigger all this but the moneyman himself, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glen Stevens. ...

Aus custody back on uptrend, NCS still tops

ACSA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
The Australian custody industry has posted a 3 per cent growth in total assets under custody to $1.68 trillion in the six months to June, with National Custodian Services (NCS) still the biggest player in the sector. The Australian Custodial Services ...

Walter Scott tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Walter Scott earns the top gong in the latest S&P review on the international equities growth funds sector. S&P Fund Services yesterday released the first ratings in its international equities sector review, issuing 13 fund ratings in the growth peer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open lower on Friday after US equities slumped on a surprise drop in home sales, and commodity prices also declined overnight. At 0650 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Wall Street has been on a holding pattern over the past three trading sessions. It's waiting...waiting...waiting. Waiting for what? Wall Street waits for the Fed's verdict on monetary policy. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins its two-day ...

Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
Since we're still into discussions of the alphabet these days, did anyone notice Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan mention the 'S' word last week? It was during his address to formally launch the Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
The Australian share market may open higher after US stocks rallied on Friday. But gains in Australian equities may be capped after commodity prices including oil, gold and copper declined. At 0726 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Run three days straight or for nine days with only a day's pause and you too would need a bit of a rest. This is precisely what Wall Street did overnight -- it stopped for a break. In financial market jargon this is termed as "consolidation." The Dow ...

AIST measures investment choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
An industry association has questioned why super funds provide a range of investments options after a survey found less than 6.5 per cent of members switched funds in the past three years. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) survey ...

FSA fines firm for bad advice

FSA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
UK-based Financial Services Authority (FSA) fined a financial advice firm $27,000 for failing to match client appetite for risk with appropriate investment products. The regulator found the Henry Neil practice advised clients to sell segments of existing ...