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Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... You, I and Irene remember that day oh so well. The day there was a collective recollection of the prospect of a Greek default, the European recession and contagion, a slowdown in China, surging oil prices and below trend world economic growth for the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mixed lead from Wall Street and as investors digested news that debt laden Spain had slipped into recession. At 0800 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 12 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... report confirmed an improvement in the ailing labour market and Greece struck a private-debt deal to avert a near-term default. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 14.08 points (0.11 per cent) to finish the week at 12,922.02. The broad-based S&P 500 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... to 12,907.94 points on news that Greece had achieved more than 75 per cent bondholder support and likely would avoid a default. The Greek debt investors have agreed to exchange their bonds for those with a lower face value and interest rate, meaning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... strong positive leads from Europe and the US on optimism that Greece will succeed in its swap deal necessary to avoid default. At 0850 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 33 points at 4,198. In economic news on Friday ...

Good memories

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
"I'm afraid to buy And I don't know why I'm jealous of the people who Are not afraid to buy" "Coz now stocks are fallin' Fallin' fast again." My apologies to Teri de Sario for my rendition of his classic "Fallin'", it's just that by changing a few words ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... Stoxx-50 lost overnight. So my money is on Europe. And yes, it's all about Greece again and the possibility that it may default (again). It's another moment of truth for the country in ruins. Bondholders have until Thursday (their time) to exchange their ...

TSCGEMU

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... the Greek second bailout package of course. Standard & Poor's didn't like it and lowered Greece's rating to "selective default". Moody's followed suit a few days later and cut the country's credit grade to "C" - its lowest rating level because, "It will ...

MLC MasterKey Business Super wins mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... Western Australian-based mining drilling contractor Swick Mining Services and iron-ore producer Atlas will be moving their default super plans to MLC MasterKey with the aid of transition managers. The MLC MasterKey Business Super covers investment management ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... Regardless the specifics of the upcoming MySuper and FOFA legislation and Productivity Commission reviews into employer default funds, the real battle lines will consequently be over how effective industry funds will be in winning the hearts and minds ...