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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... downgrade of the US sovereign debt outlook to "negative" from "stable." LONDON - European stock markets gained some of the ground lost a day earlier after Standard & Poor's shocked investors with an US debt outlook downgrade some dealers saw as a needed ...

Ansett trustees make a move

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... transferred to holding fund, AUSfund, after Ansett Airlines collapse. In 2004 around $65 million was transferred from Ansett Ground Staff Super fund, Ansett Flight Attendants fund and the Ansett Pilots Management fund, representing about 3,000 accounts. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... cents at $26.23. Westpac was down eight cents at $24.72. The major miners weighed on the bourse after base metals lost ground in London over the weekend, while energy stocks were down 0.2 per cent. At 1208 AEST, shares in BHP Billiton were down 19 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... five week-old nuclear crisis at the stricken Fukushima plant. WELLINGTON - Fletcher Building shares regained some of the ground they lost in recent days as an index change loomed and Tourism Holdings shares surged in reaction to a partial takeover, but ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, giving up ground during the morning following a flat start and despite a flat to positive lead from offshore. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 15.9 points lower at 4,868.3 points. Meanwhile ...

Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees left without compensation from the Trio fraud debacle have turned on their former financial advisers. About 100 investors are suing defunct financial planning firm Tarrants Financial Consultants, reportedly on the grounds ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
The Australian share market lost ground in intra-day trading, which was dominated by defensive plays as investors lost appetite for risk and rotated out of material and energy stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.8 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... up 42 cents to $47.37, and Oil Search gaining five cents to $7.33. Market heavyweights BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto lost ground. BHP Billiton eased 35 cents to $47.33 and Rio Tinto fell six cents to $85.94. Rio Tinto on Friday said it had approved spending ...

ASIC new guidance for AFSL

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Holders of an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) now face updated guidance including guides on margin lending facilities, simple managed investment schemes and certain superannuation products. Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

AustralianSuper assets under 'climate change' test

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
AustralianSuper hopes to get a more concrete measure of how much 'climate change risk' can affect the fund's long-term returns, hiring a consultant to analyse the impact of climate change on all its investment portfolios. The $37 billion fund said it ...