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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following falls on the US and European bourses after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its forecasts for global economic growth. At 0814 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
"Is QE3 enough to save America's economy?" The Economist magazine posed this question to its readers over the weekend. So far, the nays have it - 78% of them think QE won't cut it - because according to those who commented: even Bernanke admitted that ...

10,000 finance jobs slashed since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
At a time when Australian banks can afford to provide the best working conditions in the world, workers in financial services are under more pressure than ever, said Leanne Shingles, a spokesperson for the Finance Sector Union. Despite working for one ...

Advisers urged to discuss structured giving

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Philanthropy director of Opportunity International, Stephen Robertson has said the increase in advisers initiating the philanthropy conversation with high net worth clients is worthy of recognition. While the decision to give is ultimately the clients' ...

Cross-border super collaboration on way

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Asian public pensions and Australian superannuation funds may soon be working together on cross-border investment decisions, predicts Citi's Asia Pacific head of pension fund services. Australian superannuation funds typically have around 30% of assets ...

No money in equities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
There were really no fresh talking points I could find on cyberspace last night, just a flipping of the flop in sentiment seen over the past few days. For last night we got news that US unemployment claims came in a thousand heads better than expected. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street closed mixed and the German parliament approved a second, 130-billion-euro ($A164 billion) loan package for Greece. At 0830 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
Something looks wrong - very, very wrong - with how financial markets are conducting themselves nowadays. Investors greeted 2012 with almost universal agreement that the global growth outlook would be worse than it was in 2011 - the World Bank recently ...

Aus can deal with another GFC: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten says Australia is not in the same boat as Europe and is better placed to deal with another worldwide recession. The World Bank yesterday declared the global economy had entered a "dangerous period", warning it could ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
Australian shares were in positive territory at noon but had shed modest gains within hours of the open, as investors remained nervous ahead of a crucial vote on the next European bailout for debt-laden Greece. IG Markets' dealer Chris Weston said the ...