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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer, extending gains from the previous day in response to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) interest rate cut. At 1029 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 19.4 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,452.4 ...

Find super savings in public sector: Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Former Rudd-government minister for superannuation Nick Sherry has advocated scrapping remaining defined benefit schemes for public servants and finding necessary savings by reducing public sector contributions instead of making cuts to broader super ...

APRA issues final Basel III reforms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued the long awaited final version of its new bank capital rules, known as Basel III, which are scheduled to come into full effect from next year. The Basel III capital framework was introduced ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Australian shares opened higher after strong overseas leads and hopes that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will deliver an interest rate cut. At 1019 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.8 points, or 0.38 per cent, at 4,405.4 ...

ANZ fined over futures contracts

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
ANZ was last week fined $US350,000 by commodity regulators in the United States, after exceeding speculative position limits in wheat and cotton futures contracts. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said ANZ had exceeded speculative ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
This isn't supposed to happen. Have you seen the headlines over the past 24 hours? There was bad news almost everywhere from Australian broadcaster Alan Jones chastised by the media (social or otherwise) to Britain's princess Kate snapped - bottomless ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after Wall Street was boosted by better than expected data on the US manufacturing sector. A positive purchasing managers index reading for the month of September drove a rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. ...

Emerging market PE numbers on track

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Emerging market private equity investments have held steady during the first six months of this year, despite trying market conditions. In the first two quarters, emerging market private equity deals accounted for 15% of fundraising globally, at $17.2 ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Several flaws exist in the current debate over superannuation adequacy in Australia, said the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). A focus on superannuation tax concessions and access age is the wrong conversation and should instead ...

Towers Watson expands Microsoft agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Global professional services company Towers Watson has broadened the terms of its agreement with Microsoft to adapt some software applications, develop new processes for risk-based modelling applications and increase use of cloud computing. Mark Beardall ...