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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened weaker, with falls among mining and financial stocks leading the broader market lower. At 1030 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19.9 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 4,341.4 points, while the broader ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Two down. European Central Bank bond purchases -- Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) - open-ended at that: Check. German Constitutional Court's verdict on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund: Check. Ja! Jawohl! "'The review has concluded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower despite a positive finish on Wall Street, while investors await the outcome of a key Federal Reserve policy meeting. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Glimmer of hope for house prices

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
Median house prices across Australia's capital cities increased over the June quarter by measly 1.4%, with other dwellings up 0.6%, according to the latest data from the Bendigo Bank/REIA Real Estate Market Facts report prepared by the Real Estate Institute ...

ISN blasts FSC's independence policy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
The Financial Services Council's definition of independence is "novel," said David Whiteley, chief executive, Industry Super Network (ISN). Policy released last month by the representative body provided mandatory guidelines that said a majority of directors ...

Defensive investors may have traded risks

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
Australian investors may have traded equity risk for interest rate risk, by switching into cash, said Doug Turek, managing director, Professional Wealth. "When people jump from growth to defensive, they place their savings in the hands of central banks," ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
Australian shares have opened slightly higher as investors remain cautious ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting and a German court decision on the eurozone debt rescue fund. At 1018 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.5 points ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
We're heading into the home stretch folks. Soon we'll find out the answer to that seemingly eternal "will they, won't they" question? The German Constitutional Court will deliver its verdict on the legality of the EFSF/ESM rescue fund and the US Federal ...

Market wrap morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,342. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the June quarter ...

Bendigo and Adelaide bank execs loose bonus

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
The senior executive team at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has taken a pay cut, with bonuses withheld in light of this year's profit drop. The bank's annual report released yesterday revealed that no short term incentives had been paid to its executives ...