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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian share market was stronger at noon driven by resources stocks on anticipation of a soft economic landing in China. At 1209 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 29.2 points, or 0.67 per cent, higher at 4,391.3 points, while ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... structural measures to reduce deficits; continued ECB policy accommodation; and, EU readiness to inject capital directly to problem banks if it becomes necessary. The IMF may have learnt its lesson from the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s when ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's lead at the end of last week which closed up despite conflicting signals, as investors weighed disappointing economic news against reports of higher profits at big companies. At ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... a clearer path one way or the other. But as I've mentioned previously, both paths would be positive for equities. The problem at the moment is that if the investment landscape has deteriorated so badly as many contend, it would have already prompted ...

Negative gearing property distortions here to stay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... saying it believes investors are largely responsible for the home price surges that have lead to the housing affordability problem in Australia being amongst the worst in the western world. But Saul Eslake, chief economist in Australia for the Bank of ...

Report assesses super allocation issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... GFC were unprepared and they had diminished values at the time they accessed their benefits. A major contributor to this problem has been the asset allocations of those nearing retirement which remained fully committed to default and similar composite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after stocks on Wall Street posted large gains on a surge in lending in China and a rise in eurozone industrial production. At 0802 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points ...

ETN fears grow following price plunges

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... about the product class, reported FinancialPlaning.com. The incident that has alerted intermediaries and exchanges to the problem is that in March a sudden 60% plunge in an ETN called VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short-Term ETN was caused when the product ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... hundreds of thousands of small and medium employers in addition to all their other obligations." Anderson said the looming problem is that employers faced by dominant unions or skilled labour shortages may not be able to trade-off the SG increase against ...

ESG RA Awards celebrate industry achievers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... corporate space when it comes to ESG and it is important to try and identify some of those issues before they become a real problem. It is something Citi has really focused on for the last five years," said Erskine. The industry event also included a ...