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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... $20.115. Telstra shares were down 1.5 cents, or 0.14 per cent, at $3.635. Echo Entertainment, which Packer has expressed an interest in, was six cents higher, at $4.31. Fairfax shares had gained 0.5 cents, to 60 cents, after a volatile week. The media ...

EM specialist enters Australian market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
UK based emerging and frontier market specialist Advanced Emerging Capital has entered the Australian market to give investors access to alpha boosting small to mid cap firms from these markets. Advanced Emerging Capital specialises in emerging and ...

Provident Capital reaffirms solvency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... obligations to debenture holders as and when they fall due," the letter to investors said. "Our objective is that we reinstate interest payments to debenture holders from the 27th," O'Sullivan told Financial Standard, "although we hope the outcome as ...

Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... safe investments to protect their capital like term deposits are now are dealing with diminished returns from falling interest rates." The report also found that 40% of people suffering major financial losses took no action and "battened down the hatches". ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Operation Twist with a twist - that is buying mortgages instead of long term Treasuries, or declare that they will keep interest rates low until... perhaps, eternity. But the main issue is not the form or shape of the stimulus but whether or not Uncle ...

Centro settlement approved

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... subsidiary Centro Retail Group in 2008, claiming misleading and deceptive conduct for not disclosing at least $3bn in interest-bearing debt falling due within a year, which had been incorrectly classified in the 2006-07 account as long-term debt. Justice ...

Cost pressures spark Vanguard fee cuts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... will also halve from 0.36% to 0.18%. The new fee for the AUD hedged iteration will be 0.21% and the Australian Fixed Interest Index Fund will move to 0.24%, meaning equity investing will paradoxically be cheaper than bond investing. "This announcement ...

A team joins Plan B

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
Perth-based dealer group Plan B Wealth Management has appointed two new advisers, in line with its strategy of growth through the attraction of high quality, experienced professionals. Plan B believes that the right way of focusing on clients' best ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... to the first quarter after peaking at a 9.1% rate in the first quarter of 2010 despite tax cuts and a 4% reduction in interest rates since August last year. While Russia's growth accelerated to 4.9% in the first quarter from 4.6% in the previous period ...

Business wary of PE: PwC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Businesses are wary of sourcing funding from private equity investors, according to research released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report surveyed 1000 businesses with an annual turnover of between $10 million and $100 million. Of those businesses ...