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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... every 10 stocks rising. Mr Mueller said extreme volatility on bond and equity markets had done little to help investor confidence. "We had some good news out of Europe, definitely that's helped a little bit but it wasn't good enough," he said. "It's ...

Second tranche of FOFA well received: industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... in line with the April release. "We support the government's goal of improving transparency and increased investor confidence in the industry. Once enacted, the legislation will provide final certainty for us to move forward." Both the FPA and ISN reiterated ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... debt-laden Greece. IG Markets' dealer Chris Weston said the local bourse was "delicately poised" on Tuesday, as investor confidence in mounting speculation that Europe would announce fresh measures to stave off contagion of a Greek default, including ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... months of 2011 - you know, just to produce a non-negative number. But with falling consumer, business and investor confidence, weaker household spending due to high unemployment, reduced private sector and government spending and general weakness in ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... a set of principles on how hedge fund managers should operate and manage risk - a move designed to improve investor confidence and stimulate more mandates into the asset class. ARIA, Local Government (NSW) Super, Media Super and Sunsuper, all of which ...

ASIC opens dialogue with hedge funds

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... trading and ineffectual gatekeepers," he said. "Indeed it will benefit the sector as it will improve local investor confidence, promote market integrity and increase the confidence of international pools of capital to invest in hedge funds in this ma ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... but the yield it had to offer reached a new high level, the Bank of Italy said, revealing a marked lack of investor confidence. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly lower as optimism over reports that China was in talks to buy huge amounts of Italian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar pushed higher on Monday as investor confidence bounced back and "tranquility" returned to the market. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.26 US cents, up from 102.80 US cents on Friday. Since 0700 AEST ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... US and European markets over fears the world was heading towards another financial crisis. Already-fragile investor confidence was hammered by more weak US economic data and a warning from the head of the European Commission that the eurozone debt crisis ...

Govt uncertainty plagues wealth mgmt industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... executive, FSC, said three years of reform uncertainty had taken its toll and businesses needed action to rebuild investor confidence with concerns costs associated with financial advice and insurance may rise. The Financial Services Council / PwC CEO ...