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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Australian shares have opened slightly weaker, despite positive leads from the US and Europe, after a strong day of local trading on Monday. At 1010 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.5 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 4,578.5, while the broader ...

Dutch pension fund set for major reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
The a,-800 billion Dutch pension system is set to place higher responsibility on the board of funds, while retirement age will rise, after the government closed on a reforms agreement. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that the government, employers ...

The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, happy birthday Happy birthday to you! For all the Republicans out there, celebrating 'our' Queen's birthday - and having Monday off for this - has handed another point for the Monarchist. Long ...

Excess contributions penalties soar to $400m

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
The Australian Tax Office has now raised $400 million through tax penalties on excess super contributions made between 2006 and 2010 with that figure likely to rise yet further. Speaking at an upper house enquiry of the economics legislation committee ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
"Fear is in the air Everywhere I look around Fear is in the air Every sight and every sound And I don't know if I'm being foolish Don't know if I'm being wise But it's something that I must believe in And it's there when I look in your eyes." (my apologies ...

Former ANZ chief rumoured move to UK Aviva

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Former ANZ chief executive, John McFarlane, is reportedly heading back to the UK to assume the chair role of insurance provider, Aviva, after the shock exit of its UK chief executive Mark Hodges. Currently a non-executive at the Royal Bank of Scotland ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Let's cut to the chase and get straight to the point - the US employment report most of us have waited for all week was plain and simply U-G-L-Y ugly. There's no ifs, no ands and definitely no buts. Ugly, ugly, ugly. That's just what it is! Although ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
Rolling, rolling, rolling. The bad news continue to roll - or rather people have convinced themselves, and others, that it's a bad, bad world out there and getting 'badder.' Pastor "prophet of the real doom" Camping's "rapture" might be coming sooner ...

New software simplifies front office broking

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Technology services firm GBST has launched new software it says will simplify client relationship management for the Australian broking industry. GBST FrontOffice allows brokers to view all client information including portfolio value, cash balance ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
Houston, it seems we've lost May. With two trading days to go this month - one for Wall Street because of the Memorial Day holiday in the US - "sell in May then go away" is in the bag - unless of course, there's a sudden whiff of euphoria, or perhaps ...