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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... in banks and the retail sector and in Europe's push to ensure its banks remain stable in the case of a Greek sovereign default. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 183.38 points (1.68 per cent) to 11,123.33. The broader S&P 500 added 20.94 (1.83 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Europe was preparing a plan to contain the Greek crisis and protect the region's banks from the effects of a Greek debt default. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 131.24 (1.21 per cent) to 10,939.95. The broader S&P 500 added 20.08 (1.79 per ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... quite minimal. So the direct exposures there are not large." However, he also warned that, "...if there were a disorderly default that led to runs or defaults of other sovereigns or stresses on European banks, it would create a huge amount of financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... capital back into the banking system," he said. "It allays concerns that those banks could run into trouble if we saw Greece default." Mr Burrowes expects the Australian dollar to trade in a range between 94.80 US cents and 95.50 cent on Wednesday.

UK abolishes Default Retirement Age

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
The Default Retirement Age of 65 has been abolished in the UK, which now prevents employers from making staff redundant on the grounds of age alone. Implemented in 2006, the Default Retirement Age (DRA) meant that employers could force their employees ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... Europeans announce to back Greece (and all other problem members) at all cost and without reservations or allow Greece to default or kick it out of the Eurozone. Not exactly, the 'in sickness and in health' Greece married, is it? Good thing, things seemed ...

AustralianSuper awards fresh mandates as FUM soars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... Asset Management and Vanguard had all earned Australian equities mandates earlier in the financial year. AustralianSuper's default balanced option returned 10.27% for the year, well above its 6.13% ten-year average although the last six months of the ...

Government publishes core elements of MySuper draft

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... window for submissions on draft legislation on the core elements of MySuper as it presses ahead with plans to introduce the default super product from July 2013. Having outlined the structure of Stronger Super reforms last week, the Government has now ...

PFA Footballers of the Year and PFA Harry Kewell Medal nominees announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... LUCRF Super is the superannuation Fund of Choice for the Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) including being the default fund for the Socceroos and Matildas.