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Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... immediately make the global financial crisis that is devastating the capitalist landscape go away. The scale of the problem is huge and it is growing by the day. But at the same time, the world's enthusiastic welcome for President Obama could provide ...

Dealer groups bank on strong balance sheets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... EBITDA, that's around $10 million of EBITDA coming through so we're strongly cashflow positive." He added the group is not a huge promoter of margin loans. "Our clients have a tiny exposure to margin loans. It's not a strategy we've been pushing hard ...

Storm staff lose jobs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... clients. "At the moment our concern is to get clients access to alternative financial planning advice, which is taking up a huge amount of time and effort," said Bloch. "I know a number of local [Queensland] financial planning firms are advertising their ...

PLUM's new chief to push comms

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... we'll be implementing close to $5 million of investment projects that have been in the works [for a few years]. "We've got a huge ongoing commitment to investing in our platform, but some of these projects are multi year projects, and we'll sequence ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... stock market is expected to open higher after US shares gained on optimism that President-elect Barack Obama's plan for a huge infrastructure spending package will help boost the US economy. Resource stocks may also gain after commodity prices advanced. ...

Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... contributions levels to changing fiscal and monetary conditions, as already happens in countries like Singapore that boast huge current account surpluses compared to our chronic deficits. But to introduce the measure with contributions as low as they ...

What a member wants

... the fund trustees responsibilities - not the other way around - in the face of real risks surrounding fund liquidity and huge equity market losses. "How do we view members of superannuation funds? We need to clarify whether they are beneficiaries of ...

IG Markets launches brand campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... CFD shorts are "covered". "CFDs have always been covered shorts so the new legislation [banning naked shorts] won't have a huge impact on us." Szabo said that CFDs should appeal to those who want to take a strong view on major market movements, such ...

Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... contributions levels to changing fiscal and monetary conditions, as already happens in countries like Singapore that boast huge current account surpluses compared to our chronic deficits. But to introduce the measure with contributions as low as they ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... of resource companies, including Rio Tinto. "Any level of short term refinancing causes uncertainty, and investors have a huge distaste for uncertainty right now." Rio shares slumped $2.17, or 6.68 per cent, to $30.33 and BHP Billiton shares lost $1.41 ...