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C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Want a growth stock, a real growth stock? Look no further than our very own Australian dollar. After hitting parity with the once mighty greenback back in October last year, it drowned when this year's floods devastated most of Queensland, parts of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from offshore markets, after Wall Street gave up early gains to finish lower, while oil and metals prices eased overnight. At 0710 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up four points at ...

Risk advisers embrace social media

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
Life risk advisers from Brisbane are the most prolific users of Twitter, with 11 per cent using the social media site, and a high 41 per cent are active on LinkedIn, a survey found. Zurich Life polled 700 life risk advisers at a recent national product ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
C'mon commodities! Just like equity markets, commodities have been knocked down by the recent increase in volatility but have just as quickly recovered. Commodity prices largely depend on rising demand - or more accurately, demand outstripping supply ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market was firmly into positive territory by noon as banks, resources and energy stocks pulled the local bourse to higher ground. At 1220 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 32 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 4731.4 points ...

Speed bumps to annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
Existing government rules on certain retirement products are stifling growth and innovation in annuities - affecting how super funds can address longevity risk, according to a Towers Watson report. Under the current tax and the age pension means test ...

Less paperwork, less compliance risk: CCH

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
CCH, a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer, the provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services, has launched CCH Financial Reporter, which it claims can reduce the time taken to produce financial reports by up to 90 per cent. The ...

Govt claims MRRT as super victory

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
The Federal Government said yesterday's agreement to mining tax changes has helped ensure the raising of the superannuation guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent. Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said in a media release that Minerals Resources Rent ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down..." - "I Get Knocked Down", Chumbawamba Well, well, what do you know Deuce Bigalow? The biggest drop in the equity markets so far this year now looks like one nice dip buying ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received positive leads from the US and Europe overnight, as investors overlooked a litany of bad news. At 0905 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up 28 points at 4,750 points, on volume of 4,457 contracts. ...