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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... major overseas markets following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to congress and the release of the central bank's policy meeting minutes. At 0750 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 16 points at 5,086. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... investors took their cues from a weak finish on Wall Street after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the central bank may soon ease its stimulatory measures. Australian stocks extended those early falls to be more than 1.5 per cent lower ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... 0.69 per cent to 8,530.89 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.37 per cent to 4,051.11 points, a two-year high. In London, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King again voted unsuccessfully for Britain's economy to be pumped with more fresh cash, minutes ...

Rothschild credit fund soft-closes after solid family office inflows

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
Rothschild's Merchant Banking arm has soft-closed its Five Arrows Credit Solutions (FACS) fund at a,-235 million after seeing strong inflows from family office, high net worth and global institutional clients. The private debt fund is focused on the ...

Yuan to float free, in our dreams

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite gains on Wall Street ahead of US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in Congress. At 0646 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,186. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Australian stocks are weaker at noon as the Reserve Bank of Australia forecasts below-average economic growth in 2013. RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said the minutes of the central bank's May 7 board meeting, at which it cut the cash rate ...

Rubik to purchase Visor Desktop from Macquarie

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Global financial technology provider Rubik Financial Limited (Rubik) has further expanded into the wealth management market after entering into a binding agreement to acquire Visor Desktop financial planning software (formerly COIN Desktop) from Macquarie's ...

ASIC takes aim at charitable investment funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... operations may offer "at-call accounts", "which allow investors to withdraw their money at any time, and so appear to be a bank deposit account, even though they are not," the paper said. ASIC offers two alternative amendments to current regulations. ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... shrinking. And oh, the unemployment rate was clocked at a record high of 12.1% in March. It could be due to the European Central Bank's (ECB) 25 basis point interest rate reduction last month that took interest rates to an all-time low of 0.50%. It could ...