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More alpha through lower trading costs: BGI

Fund managers can increase their 'alpha' returns not just through their stock picking skills but also through their ability to forecast trading costs, according to a new study. Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has released a report that shows reduced ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
The Australian stock market has opened slightly higher with stronger commodity prices overnight overshadowing a sluggish performance on Wall Street. At 1015 AEST, the bluechip S&P/ASX200 Index was 15.9 points higher at 6,345.7, while the all ordinaries ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open flat this morning, again softened by falls on Wall St. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was up three points at 6,370. In economic news the Housing Industry Association ...

Success of planners a double-edged sword

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
Promoting financial planning may be the next big challenge for the industry, but it will also expose a chronic shortage of planners, according to AMP Financial Planning managing director Michael Guggenheimer. While the industry definitely needed to ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
The stock market is expected to fall sharply this morning, dragged down by an underperforming Wall Street and other weaker overseas markets. At 0651 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down 66 points at 6,331. In ...

Symantec warns on tax time cybercrime

Leading protection software provider Symantec has urged consumers and businesses to be more vigilant around tax year end after the group's research found more sophisticated and heightened phishing attacks around 30 June. The term 'phishing' refers to ...

Economic round-up: A greener shade of dirty

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
China may be turning green after all as it finds the business of cleaning-up to be a financially lucrative one. Power generation is the biggest source of CO2 in America and until recently America was the biggest producer of CO2 in the world. But China's ...

ASIC review to streamline IDPS rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is undertaking its first ever review of the rules around licensing for Investor Directed Portfolio Services (IDPS) which it hopes will simplify some of their operating rules and reduce barriers ...

RBNZ to become single NZ financial regulator

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
New rules being introduced in New Zealand mean finance companies and other organisations that take deposits from the public and other institutions, such as insurers and collective investment schemes, will have to be licensed by the Reserve Bank of New ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
The Australian share market has opened lower after falls in most base metals overnight, despite a faintly positive lead from Wall Street. At 1014 AEST, the bluechip S&P/ASX200 Index lost 6.6 points to 6365.4, while the all ordinaries fell 5.2 points ...