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Not strong enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Here we go again folks. The end has come to Wall Street's five-day record-breaking run. Even well-conditioned athletes have to pause for breathe sometime just like high frequency traders need an excuse to turn those paper profits into real dinero. They ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... Australia, the market on Thursday closed flat, held back by weakness among the major banks and expectations of a pause on interest rate cuts following the release of encouraging jobs figures. The unemployment rate fell to 5.5 per cent in April, with ...

Exchange-traded government bonds to trade on ASX

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... will be quoted and transacted in a similar way to shares, with each bond quoted as a gross price (capital plus accrued interest) with a face value of $100. The launch of exchange-traded government bonds (AGBs) will increase the amount of ASX-quoted assets ...

Confusion reigns over financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... what should be the Australian definition of the term. The inability to define financial literacy hasn't, however, slowed interest in addressing what many see as a financial literacy shortfall in Australia, a gap that many experts believe will take at ...

Macquarie launches fund for significant investor visa migrants

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... requirements, each fund will comprise holdings in underlying funds that invest in Australian assets including cash, fixed interest, real estate and equities. "The Macquarie SIV funds have been designed to offer investors wishing to migrate to Australia ...

EQT mulls position after Perpetual move on Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) is set to make a formal response on its position, after Perpetual announced to the market yesterday that it proposed to buy 100% of The Trust Company ordinary shares. In statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) this ...

A long two-month wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013

Certitude to distribute Columbia Credit fund in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... houses, platforms, dealer groups, financial advisers, family offices and multi-managers. "We continue to see an increase in interest for global investment solutions throughout the region. Australian and New Zealand investors are beginning to understand ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
The Australian share market has opened flat as banking stocks slipped ahead of a Reserve Bank decision on interest rates. Economists are widely expecting the cash rate to stay unchanged at three per cent when the central bank meets on Tuesday afternoon. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... points at 5,166. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and makes its interest decision. Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases international trade in goods and services for March ...