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Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Hope of recovery in the developed world, improvements in China and Gillard rhetoric around the 'Asian century', have combined to create a golden opportunity for investment in Asia, according to Certitude's Craig Mowll. Mowll, chief executive of the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon AGO - ATLAS IRON LTD - up two cents, or 1.3 per cent, at $1.57 Atlas Iron annual general meeting ARI - ARRIUM - in a trading halt, last traded at 80 cents Steelmaker Arrium is set to announce ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after European stock markets rebounded as investors cheered positive company earnings and reacted to news of thousands of job cuts at Swiss bank UBS, despite a lull in trading caused by the monster US storm ...

Dean Lombardo wins AFA Excellence in Education Award

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Dean Lombardo from Access Financial Management is the 2012 winner of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)'s Excellence in Education Award. Now in its fifth year, the award, recognises the best and brightest financial advice professionals entering ...

Government should act fast on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
If the Federal Government is serious about exporting financial services to Asia, it must implement all the recommendations in the Johnson Report by 2013, said the Financial Services Council. "The Johnson Report is a practical plan that will open up ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Australia's trading session had already called it off for the week when the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released the better-than-expected scorecard for the economy. But don't despair Virginia, we didn't miss much. Better ...

Quality could replace China volume-play

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
While China is regarded as the global powerhouse for manufacturing, demand for exports has declined in recent years, caused partly by economic slow downs and rising labour costs worldwide. While the volume story might be slowly winding down, companies ...

Don't ignore China banks: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... said a senior Macquarie Capital Securities analyst. Despite China's banking sector only delivering a 1.2% return on assets (ROA), the entire sector - worth an estimated US$20 trillion - is making a 20% return on earnings (ROE), said Victor Wang, deputy ...

CFSGAM bullish on listed infrastructure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
Investors are encouraged to put their money in listed infrastructure as it offers a higher rate of returns than bonds and cash in the current low growth economic environment, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM). CFSGAM's ...

Market wrap late PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Australian shares have opened marginally stronger as a recovery in US retail sales gave a boost to cautious investor sentiment. At 1017 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.9 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 4,506.3 points, while the ...