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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from Wall Street over the weekend, although world markets appear tentative as they assess the impact of the Japanese earthquake on Friday. On the ASX 24 at 0718 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... and uprisings across the Arab world also sent traders into safer investments, with gold hitting a new record and the Swiss franc sitting near fresh highs against the greenback. Tokyo rose 0.89 per cent, or 93.64 points, to 10,586.02, while Hong Kong ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... record high above $US1,440.32 per ounce as investors sought a safe-haven investment. Safe-haven sentiment also sent the Swiss franc to a new record high of 0.9202 francs to the dollar. Eurozone bond rates continued to rise Wednesday amid expectations ...

Fiducian on growth path

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Fiducian Portfolio Services has expanded its financial planning network in the past six months with two more acquisitions underway. Within the groups' half-year results to 31 December last year, Fiducian added six new financial advisers to its network ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Christchurch continues to dig through the rubble left by the tremor that hit the region three days ago in the hope of rescuing all those still trapped underneath. While on the other part of the globe, Libyan butcher Qaddafi continues to turn his country ...

Advisers must deliver alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
To survive and thrive in a post-commission world, advisers will need to deliver alpha and be able to demonstrate it, according to research by Vanguard Investments. Francis Kinniry, a principal of Vanguard's global investment strategy group, developed ...

Countplus float buoys half-year profits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Financial planning group Count Financial has more than doubled its net profit for the half-year to December thanks to the recent float of Countplus, it announced today. Count Financial's net profit after tax (NPAT) grew by 212 per cent on the previous ...

Bennelong shuts global equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Bennelong Funds Management is liquidating one of its funds after the underlying manager, Security Global Investors (SGI), closed its global equities office following a business review by its parent company. Security Benefit, acquired by Guggenheim Partners ...

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Bloomberg is increasing its commitment to the Islamic finance market with the launch of a tailored investing platform and a Malaysian benchmark index, answering calls for more sophistication in the market. The Bloomberg Islamic Finance Platform (ISLM) ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
"It's getting better all the time Better Better Better It's getting better all the time Better Better Better. Getting so much better all the time." - Beatles Less than a week ago, I wrote on this space, "it's just a matter of a few sleeps till we get ...