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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... focussed on the regular monthly board meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia, which will consider, inter alia, official interest rates. Its decision is expected at 1430 AEST. In equities, it's banking reporting season, with ANZ Banking Group Ltd due ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... record high on Friday for the third straight day, as investors kept up a buying frenzy fuelled by the outlook for low US interest rates that has propelled bullion to its seventh consecutive weekly rise, its longest winning streak since 2007. At 1034 ...

Tech provider buys 25pc stake in paraplanning firm

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... firm will provide back-to-back service from the insurance client quoting to SoA preparation. This feature attracted the interest of Adviser Toolbox, which is planning to launch a distribution channel to test out their new insurance service in the new ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... market will be closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday. "The market will be overshadowed by concerns that China will raise interest rates or bank reserve ratios further to tame inflation. There are also worries that overseas capital will be flowing out ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... speculators were not short of explanations for their predictions. Global recession, falling commodity prices, falling interest rates, risk aversion, end of the yen carry, Australian recession, China slowdown, etcetera, etcetera. Take your pick. This ...

SMSF trustees hit pension payment woe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... dividends such as Telstra or the banks." Hutton said trustees needed to understand the different levels of liquidity in fixed interest investments and cash deposits, such as term deposits. "We advise trustees with an SMSF in pension mode to keep at least ...

Market volatility making boomers nervous

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... confident in their investments, with portfolio management approaches that could provide more consistent returns being of high interest to respondents. "Our survey shows there is rising interest in exploring newer investment approaches that offer the ...

AustralianSuper new player in advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... makes practical sense. AustralianSuper, which currently has 1.75 million members, has already received expressions of interest from members in the services of the new planning partners and at first glance, it looks as if this deal aims to make super ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... directions. LONDON - European equities rose on Thursday, as investors welcomed the US Federal Reserve's commitment to keep interest rates low, and digested upbeat German unemployment data and energy company results. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

Super funds praise reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... relevant financial advice to consumers." Other topics that pleased super fund bodies were the clarification of the best-interest duty governing advisors and the protection of super fund access to volume discounts despite the banning of volume payments. ...