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Morning market wrap: Technicals push US stocks modestly higher

US stocks edged a little higher Friday, with markets bouncing off key support levels after a round of disappointing data on US consumer spending. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 11.8 points (0.1%), eventually ending the day at 9,471.6. The S&P ...

Senate Super Committee calls for rewrite of government portability regulations

... that require a rewrite of the regulations," he said. "They highlight the incompetence of the government in a range of technical areas. Labor will move to disallow the regulations." He also said that Labor senators' additional comments in the report called ...

Macquarie Group applauds Government-Democrats' action on super

... congratulated the Government and the Australian Democrats for breaking a deadlock on superannuation discussions. The group's technical manager David Shirlow called it a decision that will potentially benefit many Australians. Mr Shirlow said the agreement ...

Inaugural Inspector General of Taxation appointed for five-year term

... administration, given that it impacts on nearly all Australians," Senator Coonan said. "I am confident the expertise of Mr Vos on technical and administrative aspects of the tax system coupled with his understanding of practical taxpayer experiences ...

Macquarie welcomes Senate superannuation recommendations

... Select Committee on Superannuation on the introduction of growth pensions to the Australian retiree market. Macquarie technical manager David Shirlow said the ball was now in the government's court for the introduction of legislation to make this recommendation ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds continue sell-off

... the benchmark 10-year government bond rose 21 basis points to 4.21%, and which traders attributed to a break in key technical levels. Investors exited all parts of the yield curve, with the equivalent yield on the 30-year bond futures contract also breaching ...

Morning market wrap: US Shares up, Australian dollar slumps

US shares continued their ascent Tuesday, buoyed by a wave of merger and acquisition activity. Data storage company EMC Corp. announced the acquisition of Legato Systems Inc., while auto parts manufacturer ArvinMeritor Inc. launched a hostile cash bid ...

New appointment at Zurich

... Financial Services Australia has appointed Chris Kirby Head of Life Risk business. Mr Kirby was previously National Technical Manager, Risk, at CommInsure. "Chris's leadership will position Zurich well to expand its already growing Risk business and ...

Government releases draft legislation on asset financing tax reform

... The Federal Government has released draft legislation for tax reform of infrastructure and other asset financing for technical comment, following intensive consultation with relevant key stakeholders, the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer ...

No link between futures trade and AMP demerger: ASIC

... the traditional tendency for liquidity in the futures market to be strong late in the trading day, and price-generated technical selling. The trading was also conducted on behalf of a wide spread of Australian and overseas clients, with no apparent link ...