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Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... or the 120% the IMF demanded. Sweeet! Perhaps it'll be third time lucky for Greece. But this is highly doubtful given the huge amount of their debt and their deficit and the depression the economy is currently experiencing. Both due to the government's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... following falls on Wall Street after Greece secured a revised bailout deal that will help it again avert a default on its huge debt load. At 0631 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 16 points at 4,437. In economic ...

Euro endurance is lesser of two evils

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... prohibitive, the strategist says that the sociopolitical costs could be even greater. "A fragmentation of the euro would deal a huge blow to Europe's international prestige and influence. More importantly, it would strike at the very heart of a 60-year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... strongly after the US staged a recovery amid some constructive fiscal cliff negotiations. The fiscal cliff refers to the huge tax hikes and spending cuts that will come into force on January 1 if Republicans and Democrats do not reach a compromise. "We ...

Who wants to be a rock star?

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... tremendous success helping young people in the socio-economic challenged area. "The FICAP Voices mentoring program has made a huge difference to 12 year 5 students," said YWCA NSW's Communications and PR Manager Hayley Bryce. "By matching them with positive ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... accept tax increases for the wealthy in a deal to avert the so-called year-end fiscal cliff. The "fiscal cliff" refers to the huge tax hikes and spending cuts that automatically come into force on January 1, and are expected to send the world's largest ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... members are paying around $20 billion in fees annually, with $6.2 billion of that going to fund managers. Yet despite the huge sums paid by superannuation members, recent research from Standard & Poor's has shown that 70% of managed funds have underperformed ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... returns after fees and taxes. Aaron Dunn, managing director of the SMSF Academy, says that market anxiety continues to be a huge influence in people's asset allocation decisions. "While fund assets continue to grow, it is interesting to note that cash ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... second day of losses after President Barack Obama's re-election victory, trimming another one per cent after Wednesday's huge rout. At the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 120.95 points (0.94 per cent) to 12,811.78. European stock markets ...

Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... model could provide the blueprint for the future investment landscape in Australia. Fletcher says that there are still a huge number of advisers who have not yet addressed how the best interest reform is going to impact the way they carry out research ...