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The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
My, my, hey, hey, rock n' roll is here to stay - or in our case Europe's sovereign debt, fiscal deficit, financial, banking, economic, political and social crisis. You name the crisis. One or more members of the Eurozone's got one, or more, or all of ...

Scare me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
Hang on to your hats folks, cause here we go again. Back to extrapolating current gloom into doom and forgetting that these were exactly the ones that provided good entry points in the markets. The scaredy cats are running for the hills again. Want ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after the US and European bourses fell as investors sought shelter from strains in the eurozone driven by political upheaval in France and Greece. At 0855 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

Compensation report finds against last resort scheme

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... compensation scheme at this stage". "As Mr St. John's report has shown there is no silver bullet to solve this complex problem overnight," said Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. "The release of this report is an important ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed mixed and European stocks finished higher with bourses settling and showing little impact of the elections in France and Greece. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the June share ...

China a good bet in the long run: Thawley

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
It would be crazy to bet against China's success in the long run, said Capital Group's Michael Thawley in a keynote address at Morningtar's Investment Conference. Thawley, senior vice president and international adviser, Capital Group, warned that political ...

ASIC warns industry about misusing term independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... planners and 1 life broker. "ASIC conducted the survey following a single complaint in order to assess the extent of the problem of inappropriate usage of the term 'independent'," said Peter Kell, ASIC commissioner. Kell said, ASIC's first priority is ...

Future Fund returns 5.4pc for Q1

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
The Future Fund yesterday released its portfolio update for the quarter ending 31 March 2012, showing a return for the quarter at 5.4% and 2.2% for the financial year to date. The results show that since the first contribution to the Future Fund on ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
Ho-hum. There was nothing really all that interesting in the news that flowed out of overnight markets last night. It's the same old, same old. Data out of Europe only confirmed what we already knew and expected all along, Spain's now officially in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower. At 0830 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 4,394. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Reserve Bank holds it monthly board meeting and decides ...