Share prices, consumer spending and the GFC

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In this issue we look at share markets in Australia and around the world – how they have fared in the GFC and what may lie ahead as the debt

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SPAA responds to exposure draft on art and collectables

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SPAA supports move to amend the sole purpose test in the SIS Act to allow self managed super funds to invest in art, collectables and personal use assets. The Self

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Floods take toll on corporate Australia

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NAB Business Survey; PMI The NAB business confidence index fell from +6.2 to -2.7 in December – the weakest reading in 20 months. The business conditions index rose from +3.7

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Floods will have no impact on interest rates

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Reserve Bank Board meeting The Reserve Bank Board has left the cash rate at 4.75 per cent at its first meeting for 2011. The next meeting is on March 1

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First currency-based Exchange Traded Fund launched in Australia

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The ASX Group (ASX) announces the launch today of the first exchange traded fund (ETF) over currency to be traded on the Australian Securities Exchange. The currency ETF will track

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Threadneedle Investment Award offers Asia Pacific graduates £20,000 scholarship to London’s Cass Business School

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Australian students encouraged to enter global competition As a new corporate partner of Cass Business School, international asset management company Threadneedle has challenged students to address economic dilemmas faced around

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BetaShares launches Australia’s first currency ETF

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BetaShares U.S. Dollar ETF ASX code: USD ETF tracks performance of US$ relative to the A$ Simple structure opens up foreign exchange markets to retail investors at wholesale rates For

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Home prices at 18-month lows

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Home prices Capital city home prices rose by 0.2 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in December after falling by 0.1 per cent in November according to the RP Data-Rismark

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Opting in for a happy new year

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Australia Day marks the official end of summer holidays for me and so, now it’s almost February, it’s time to focus on the main issues affecting financial advisers in 2011.

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AMP Capital expands Multi Asset Group capability with new hires

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AMP Capital Investors continues to build capability within its Multi Asset Group with the appointment of two senior hires, Debbie Alliston as Head of Portfolio Management and Silvana Lau as

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