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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after equity and commodity markets declined on Friday on reports that China would take further steps to keep its economy from growing too fast. At 0654 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March ...

Towers Watson to fix post-retirement blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Towers Watson is set to design longevity strategies that best suit super funds and insurers - ahead of the three million Australian baby boomers expected to retire over the next 20 years. Towers Watson (the former Watson Wyatt Australia merging with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market has received positive leads from overseas, with Wall Street's key stock indices higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 20 points at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was holding its ground at noon after opening moderately higher, with resources stocks leading the way on higher commodity prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 13.1 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4538.9 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Profit takers and weaker commodity prices are taking their toll on the Australian share market, which lost 0.6 per cent in trading on Monday morning as banks and resources stocks sold off. By 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 36.4 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after a fall on Wall Street on Friday and weaker commodity prices. At 0749 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 28 points lower at 4397. The August reporting ...

We're feeling better, said Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... investor sentiment vastly improved in the Q2 quarter, with more than 80 per cent of investors snapping out of their GFC blues and feeling better about the rest of 2009. Around 46 per cent of Australian investors believe that the economic situation has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... the budget's effect on the market had been minimal. "They leaked it pretty well," Mr Bishop said. "There's a bit of budget blues, but no surprises to shake things up too dramatically. "The market has risen 800 points in eight weeks. I think a bit of ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
New restrictions to existing superannuation and tax concessions could help the Government slash the predicted budget deficit in the next few years but this could come at a higher cost to superannuants and taxpayers in the long term, industry experts ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... this the light at the end of the tunnel? Or an oncoming train's headlights? This is better explained by a scene in the 'Blues Brothers' movie where Jake and Elwood stood at the entrance of the Triple Rock Church. Reverend Cleophus James: Do you see the ...