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APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
While accepting that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority could have done more, deputy chairman Ross Jones has moved to distance the regulator from the Trio disaster, placing the blame with trustees and auditors. "APRA's prudential supervision ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... more buying in safe havens, with the US 10-year Treasury bond yield falling to a fresh record low of 1.58 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 26.41 points, or 0.21 per cent, to 12,393.45 points, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 declined ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... 4.5 per cent loss to finish the day with a solid $1.41 gain to $29.60. Stocks overall closed with modest losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 26.41 points, or 0.21 per cent, to finish at 12,393.45. The broad-based S&P 500 lost 2.99 points (0.23 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... and Wesfarmers - owner of Coles supermarkets - up 25 cents to $29.20. Retailers were mixed. Department stores owner David Jones firmed 1.5 cents to $2.265 after reporting March quarter sales had fallen by about three per cent. But rival Myer Holdings ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... points last night and the yield on its 10-years jumped to a high of 6.64%. According to reports, it was because of Egan-Jones Ratings Co's downgrade, it was because of Bankia, it was because it was sinker deeper into recession. Yes folks, the same issues ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... approvals for April, while the Reserve Bank of Australia ((RBA) releases financial aggregates data. In equities news, David Jones posts third quarter sales results.. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower in the wake of weak retail trade ...

Arena appoints general manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... Investment Management has named Robert de Vos as general manager, property. Prior to joining Arena, de Vos held senior roles with Jones Lang LaSalle, Becton Property Group, Savills and boutique property funds management company Ceramic Funds Management ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... Corporation which dropped 25 cents, or 1.22 per cent to $20.30. Retailers were mostly lower, with department store owner David Jones falling five cents, or 2.17 per cent, to $2.25 and Billabong slipping three cents, or 1.49 per cent, to $1.98. Crown ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... its younger ones - unemployed, methinks this was inevitable, don't you? Speaking of inevitable, so was the news that Egan-Jones Ratings Co. downgraded the country's credit rating to B from Bb-. Sure, sure. Another one of those ratings agencies that warn ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... major European bourses, New York traders held pat on tepid US data and a still-unclear picture for the eurozone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday rose 33.60 points, or 0.27 per cent, to finish at 12,529.75. The S&P 500-stock index gained ...