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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... moved into the negative in the last 15 minutes to finish down 2.22 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 3,120.35. A dip in the Conference Board's US consumer confidence index, and the S&P-Case Shiller's report that home prices continued to fall in January, cast ...

Big Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... one night". The Fed Chairman said so himself when he addressed the National Association for Business Economics Annual Conference in Washington last night. "A wide range of indicators suggests that the job market has been improving, which is a welcome ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... Certainly not when you consider the strengthening momentum in the US economy. We got more evidence of this last night. The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose by 0.7% in February - its fifth straight and more than expectations ...

Debt crisis has 15 yr shelf life

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... according to GLG Partners' chief investment strategist Dr Jamil Baz. The hedge fund manager told the van Eyk annual conference in Sydney yesterday that earnings forecasts are far too high and as a result, global equities are not cheap. "Profits are heading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... Richard Freudenstein, Austar CEO John Porter and NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley are all scheduled to speak at the ASTRA 2012 conference in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower, with mining stocks suffering heavy falls as investors fretted ...

APRA calls for dialogue with funds on MySuper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... was tight, but said there should be "no surprises" when the draft standards are released next month. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Brisbane, Ross Jones, deputy chair of APRA said while he sympathised with the industry, the ...

ASIC calls for detailed disclosure on holdings of super funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... correlate with the simplistic attitude that the Australian public is not engaged, said Medcraft, speaking at AIST's annual Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF). The lack of transparency on exactly how funds are invested is potentially driving ...

Calls for super industry to up focus on beta

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... that judgment? "I'd say we're failing on that within our industry at the moment." International speaker at the AIST Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, John Oliphant, head of actuarial and investments at the Government Employees Pension Fund in ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... things resources. RBA Governor Glen Stevens believes so. Stevens told Credit Suisse Group AG 15th Asian Investment Conference that, "One can certainly think of ways in which China could have a 'hard landing' at some point... but if the Chinese economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is schedules to address to the Credit Suisse 15th Asian Investment Conference 2012, in Hong Kong. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed flat, having recouped losses ...