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On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... stimulation and growing. There's optimism in the air as we begin this new trading week when the Fed and the European Central Bank meet. Financial markets are abuzz with speculation that no, the Fed would not be unwinding QE anytime this year, perhaps ...

Changes in board culture, key to avoid risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The boards of the companies in the financial services industry must change their culture and look at the "big picture" if they want to avoid risk and achieve stable growth, Risk Board suggested. Risk Board, an organisation created in 2011 to advise ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... cent, at $56.53. Gold miner Newcrest had surged $1.12, or 6.8 per cent, to $17.58. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank was 11 cents lower at $32.65, ANZ had eased two cents to $29.88 and Commonwealth Bank had lost 83 cents to $70.87, but Westpac ...

Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
Less than one per cent of investment products in Australia are Shariah compliant, suggesting huge opportunities for fund managers blazing the trail in this segment. The Muslim Community Co-operative Australia manages a Shariah compliant property income ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... averse investors toward equities". "In a survey of 60 central bankers this month by Central Banking Publications and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, 23 percent said they own shares or plan to buy them. The Bank of Japan, holder of the second-biggest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 5,127. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release March financial aggregates figures. In equities news, ResMed is expected to post third quarter ...

EQT appoints interim CIO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... and consulting and responsible for research and investments across all asset classes. Prior to this, he was with Macquarie Bank and he has also worked at HSBC Asset Management, Challenger Financial Services Group, Westpac and NSW Treasury. The appointment ...

SelfWealth benchmarking index outperforms ASX200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... explained that this prompted the idea of putting together a "crowd-source benchmark index". According to Ward, the Commonwealth Bank was the most popular stock among SelfWealth investors and was weighted at 10.15% of the SW200 index. It is followed by ...

Market Wrap PM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... 1.5 cents to $3.785. The major banks all had a positive start to the day. Westpac jumped 51 cents to $32.22, Commonwealth Bank surged 83 cents to $70.84, National Australia Bank gained 35 cents to $32.42 and ANZ added 30 cents to $29.55. But Pharmaxis ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... 15th month in April as the currency bloc struggled to emerge from a recession, adding to pressure on the European Central Bank to do more to boost growth". Yup, same old, same old. While this latest update on the Eurozone gives the IMF's recent downgrade ...