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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The Australian market has received a weak lead from Wall Street securities and with oil trading down, although precious and base metals were higher. But at 0807 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 15 points higher at ...

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
Australians really are a spoiled bunch. Give them bread and they ask for cake. Give them cake and they question why not the bakery instead. And while you're at it, throw in a coffee factory - nay, the whole plantation - but be careful not to spend too ...

UK govt to introduce personal accounts scheme

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
London-based Datamonitor is urging pension providers to talk to existing clients about the impact of the impending Personal Accounts legislation. The Personal Accounts scheme, which the UK government is implementing to encourage more public saving ...

Whistleblower wanted

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
The FPA is rethinking how it investigates financial planning firms in the wake of the Storm scandal and urges its members to speak out more against unprofessional or unethical behaviour in the industry. Speaking from Townsville, Queensland, FPA chief ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Today, America and Canada held their annual Groundhog Day festivities to see whether spring would come early or winter will stretch six weeks more. Groundhog Day is rooted in ancient European folklore and purports that if a groundhog emerges from its ...

FPA heads to eye of Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
The key team behind the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is travelling to Townsville, Queensland to speak to those directly affected by Storm Financial's advice and the firm's subsequent collapse. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Jo-Anne ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower, after the falls in US equities, before attention turns to the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 64 ...

Capping fees is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
Senator Nick Sherry may be very vocal about the need to slash superannuation fees from an average 1.25 per cent to below one per cent but he said legislating a fees cap is out of the question. "I'm not an advocate of fee caps. I don't think that's appropriate ...

Hedge that made the grade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Investment Management, Select Asset Management, Winton Capital and Man Investments are the only alternatives fund managers from a pool of 19 to receive a 'recommended' or 'highly recommended rating' from Zenith Investment Partners. ...

Instinet granted clearing membership

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Instinet Australia Clearing Services has broken into the Australian clearing house market after gaining an ASX Settlement and Transfer Corporation membership. The membership has allowed the firm to clear and settle client trades locally for the past ...