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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 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... trading up 44 cents, or 0.93 per cent, to $47.54 on speculation BHP Billiton will launch a takeover bid. But its rivals lost ground, with Santos down 11 cents, or 0.71 per cent, to $15.44 and Oil Search steady at $7.14. BHP Billiton fell five cents to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... or 0.1 per cent, to 1,315. The Nasdaq composite inched up two points, or 0.1 per cent, to 2,745. In Libya, rebels gained ground against longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi after international airstrikes against Gadhafi's forces. Oil prices fell as Libyan ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... market was firmly into positive territory by noon as banks, resources and energy stocks pulled the local bourse to higher ground. At 1220 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 32 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 4731.4 points, while the broader All ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, said her organisation did not want to go over old ground. "We want to get on with ensuring that the legislation is passed through Parliament this year. The industry's key focus now ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... and NAB was 15 cents higher at $24.43. Uranium-exposed stocks were among the best performers, earning back most of the ground they lost on Tuesday due to the nuclear danger in Japan. Energy Resources was up $1.02, or 14.43 per cent, at $8.09, Paladin ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... Court in Sydney. On Friday, the Australian share market completed its worst weekly fall in just over nine months, losing ground as sentiment was further eroded by economic concerns in Europe and the United States. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost ...