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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
The Australian market is likely to open higher after gains on markets in Europe and the United States. Stocks in France and Germany rose after the European Central Bank (ECB) said a decision to leave its key rate unchanged was not unanimous. Wall Street ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... are waiting on developments from Washington in the budget talks aimed at avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff, a series of sharp government spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to start in January unless an agreement is reached to cut the budget ...

Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... opted to fund themselves locally. "Corporate bond markets, in short, are where there real juice is at the moment with a sharp acceleration since the GFC," noted an HSBC report. Even when stripping out China, which accounts by far for the biggest chunk ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following the US and Europe's leads as workers across indebted eurozone nations protest against their governments' deep austerity programs. At 0631 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... added: "The five interest rate cuts in the last 12 months has reduced the attractiveness of fixed interest, which saw a sharp fall in allocation to this asset class in the quarter," he continued. LaGreca said that SMSF trustees have not been deterred ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite strong falls on Tuesday and a mixed performance on Wall Street overnight amid concern about Greece's debt crisis and a US "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax hikes at year-end which threaten ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
A political quarrel surrounding the US fiscal cliff looks set to become the focal point for investors after Barrack Obama's narrow victory in the presidential race. President Obama's priority is to secure a budget deal with the US Congress to avoid ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... powerful way to deal with people's retirement savings but there is also lots that can go wrong. It's like giving a very sharp knife to a person that has never cooked before." Schnelle added: "Whether on the side of the adviser, accountant or client ...

UBS to cut up to 10 000 jobs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Swiss bank UBS AG could cut as many as 10 000 jobs after announcing a $AUD 2.25 billion net profit loss on Tuesday. As part of a cost-cutting following the result, Switzerland's biggest bank said that it "is likely to have a headcount of around 54 000" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... adviser Stan Shamu said the Australian market had opened higher as investors corrected a late sell off on Friday. "There was a sharp sell off on Friday going into the close that was a bit unwarranted as Australian investors exercised a bit of caution ...