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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... approved, part of a growing probe of Rupert Murdoch's company that stems from a scandal in the UK. REYKJAVIK - A former prime minister of Iceland has rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks, as he ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... employer paid contributions has actually increased from 55% in 2002 to 68% in 2011. It confirms employers are not just the prime distribution point for superannuation, regardless that these monies include salary sacrifice and above-SG amounts, but that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... expected on Tuesday. In equities news, Harvey Norman Holdings and Boral ar among the companies due to report first half, while Prime Media Group, QBE Insurance Group and Petsec Energy are scheduled to post full year results. In Australia, the market ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... world - in Washington, would you? What he said was: "I cannot continue to serve as foreign minister if I do not have the Prime Minister's support and so I have decided to do the honourable thing and the honourable thing is to resign." Whether or not ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... the Greek bailout supposed to make us whole again - short of ushering in world peace and fortunes forevermore? Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said so himself. The "comprehensive blueprint" would "secure Greece's future in the eurozone" ...

Perpetual announces institutional appointments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... Watson, Orleow joins Perpetual as senior portfolio adviser focused on solutions incorporating multi-asset management, beta prime and alternative strategies. Rolleston joins from Goldman Sachs as general manager Institutional Business to focus on fixed ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... while promises are repeated and repeated and repeated and implementation measures are sometimes too weak," said Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. To be sure, they have every reason to be wary for Greece has consistently failed to deliver ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... shockwaves round the global economy. The leaders of the parties backing Greece's coalition government, which is headed by Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, were to hold a second day of emergency talks over austerity measures that rescue creditors are demanding ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Australian shares climb after market-beating results from Apple helped bourses shrug off growing concerns that Greece may default on its debt. European and Wall Street fell overnight after eurozone officials rejected a final offer from the Greece's ...

Fidelity backs move to empower shareholders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Asset management giant Fidelity Worldwide Investment has come out in favour of UK Prime Minister David Cameron's calls for more transparency on executive pay, bonuses and severance packages. Speaking to the BBC earlier this week, Cameron said there ...