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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
The Australian share market has received positive but indifferent leads from Wall Street leading into opening this morning, although the high-tech Nasdaq index was up more than one per cent. In London, base metals were down. There was little clue from ...

Alternatives cause valuation headaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Super fund legalsuper has taken extra steps when reviewing its alternative assets portfolio to address concerns that members could risk losing their savings from mispricing of illiquid assets. The super fund now do monthly valuations of their alternative ...

Unemployment rises to 4.1 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
The latest unemployment figures just released by the ABS fuel hopes that the economy might be finally slowing. The ABS has just reported that unemployment has increased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.1 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms. But the shift ...

Bad markets, good advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Financial planners may be the surrogate bearer of bad news as markets continue to shed their value but one dealer group has stepped up to say there's no better time to talk to clients than when the going is tough. Robert Thomas, head of research and ...

Volatility hits 5-year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Volatility in US markets has jumped to its highest levels in five years yet not all volatility managers seem to know how to make the most of it, reports the latest VanMac hedge funds state of play newsletter. "Volatility increased in markets with the ...

Tax offsets for fin advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
The Federal Government should be prepared to provide tax offsets of up to two thirds of the cost of financial advice if they are serious about increasing Australians' access to these services, according to Mercer Wealth Solutions. Mercer's financial ...

Homegrown boutique scores a Lipper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Boutique fund manager MacarthurCook's RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund has won the 2007 Lipper Performance Achievement Certificate - placing it in the top spot in the real estate classification. The fund, which is listed on the American Stock Exchange ...

ATO warns on super loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian Taxation Office has cautioned trustees of self managed superannuation to be careful about the types of loan arrangements they get into. In a taxpayer alert issued on Friday the ATO said trustees had to ensure that in entering into a loan ...

Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Improving longevity means insurance will need to cover individuals while they are still alive - not when they die, delegates of last week's Riskstore Living Insurances conference were told. "Cancer rates are going up but this is because of aging. Actual ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian stock market was mixed at noon, with strong gains from the resources sector offsetting heavy falls from the banks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 6.8 points lower at 5612.8, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 4.2 points ...