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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... points and in Frankfurt the DAX dropped 1.0 per cent to 5,193.97 points. Milan dropped 1.98 per cent, unimpressed by moves by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government to reinforce its austerity proposals. Brussels fell 0.36 per cent, Amsterdam slid ...

It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
It is being reported today that Treasury believe it was really former prime minister Kevin Rudd who saved Australia from the GFC and not the mining industry, but before we get too excited the analysis simply confirms that we don't just have a two-speed ...

REITS, cash, equities the safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... Ibbotson's pick. "We think Australian REITS are one of the best sectors to invest in right now in Australia." "The grade-A prime commercial property sector is very attractive right now, it hasn't had the same high response as previous cycles and foreign ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke of the importance of Australia's super industry as an "anchor" for the economy and the changes ahead in an address to over 600 wealth management professionals in Sydney this morning. In a 30-minute speech discussing ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... economy and lift productivity so that when the Chindia resources boom peters out in 20-30 years time we'll be ready. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd must be ruing how this debate is so much like a re-run of his mining industry super profits tax policy. ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... bonds was hardly a path to reducing portfolio risk. Vindicating this move is Japan's subsequent downgrade and yet another prime ministerial re-shuffle as the Cherry Blossom nation tries out its sixth prime minister in just six years. The next layer in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... Noda defeated Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaeida in a second round of voting to effectively become Japan's sixth new Prime Minister in five years. The US dollar edged up to 76.69 yen from 76.65 in Tokyo afternoon trade. The voting came after Naoto ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... York late Thursday but well up from the record low 75.95 yen it hit last Friday. News that Naoto Kan had stepped down as prime minister of Japan had little effect on markets, dealers said, as it had been widely expected ahead of a vote next week on his ...

Prime Super buys hospital carparks for stable revenue, growth

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
Superannuation fund Prime Super has made a large infrastructure investment, buying a stake in nine Australian hospital carparks. The rural and regional fund, which has just under $1.2 billion in funds under management, has invested through buying a ...

PC disability insurance final report released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... should establish fully-funded social insurance schemes to commence in 2015. While not formally endorsing the report, the Prime Minister has already agreed to set-up an advisory panel to be chaired by Dr Jeff Hamer AO and to present the report to COAG ...