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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... 32.1 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 4,799.4. NEW YORK - US stocks posted mostly modest gains on Monday as investors treaded water on the eve of a Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting and digested a new financial reform plan in the Senate. The Dow Jones ...

Diversify risk, not assets

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... security and climate change as key areas to tap due to the underinvestments in the sectors. Investments in these areas include water, power, road and rail, air and seaports.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher with Wall Street posting modest gains in late afternoon trade amid negative home sales data and positive news on retail sales and unemployment benefits. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Western Financial wins Water Corp Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
Water Corporation Superannuation Plan has appointed Western Financial to provide its members with financial advice services. In a statement to members, WCSP introduced the financial planning service last month. The advice provided is limited to matters ...

Wheels rolling away from commission

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
AMP continues on its path away from a commission-based fee model, testing the waters by removing the in-built commissions within the AMP Growth Bond fund. It's a small step for AMP given that the fund is new but, if the strategy works, it could become ...

FuturePlus operations head in shock exit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The operations head at FuturePlus, Bob Biancardi, left the firm last Friday amid tensions between its two owners, LGSS and EISS, the multi-billion dollar government funds currently locked in a power struggle. It is understood that Biancardi was dismissed ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Long-time economist Don Stammer described Australia's economy as the 'most potent' in the world, shrugging off the financial crisis like no other - but it faces serious challenges this year and next. Stammer was one of six leading economists that presented ...

Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... the survey revealed less than one in five property fund manager had good data on their energy consumption (19 per cent), water consumption (16 per cent) and carbon emissions (14 per cent). On the upside, Dr. Nils Kok, professor at Maastricht University ...

130/30 strategies slammed for high fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... "Some sector offerings applied performance fees for simply outperforming the benchmark and some did not apply perpetual high water marks," said Chris Bigg, from van Eyk. "We believe performance fees should only be applied when returns exceed the targeted ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
It's still the economy stupid! Wall Street's attention had been diverted from watching and dissecting every piece of economic news to listening to words that comes out of politicians' mouths. Wall Street had been on edged ever since Obama and the Democrats ...