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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Australian stocks opened weaker on Thursday as a poor lead from Wall Street and bad news from Leighton Holdings dragged the market lower. At 1030 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 4,329.5 points, while the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened lower, following a weak lead from US markets overnight. At 1010 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,298.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Big Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... need? "If this assessment is correct, then accommodative policies to support the economic recovery will help address this problem as well." But "if this hypothesis is wrong and structural factors are in fact explaining much of the increase in long-term ...

Major product changes ahead for planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... values of their business and enable up-and-coming planners to be able to afford to buy a business. "That is a massive problem we have to solve and we will be looking at this very closely this year." Barrett also said ANZ wealth is turning its attention ...

SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... stay afloat. Mutual fund operators have reacted furiously and vowed to fight the proposals they fear are worse than the problem they are trying to prevent. "These regulations will kill the business," Chris Donahue chief executive of Federated Investors ...

ASIC, FPA, and FOS address shadow shopper report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) revealed in February that conflict of interest has again emerged as a problem for consumers in its latest shadow shop research on financial advice. The report, due to be released later this month ...

EU action has done little but buy time: Aberdeen

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... questioning their place in the EU - something which has already occurred in the Netherlands. "The long-term structural problem on the EU is that a fiscal union is not a political union and therefore the monetary union is flawed. Weak growth will only ...

Goldman Sachs defends reputation after scathing NY Times op-ed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it," said UK based Smith in an op-ed in the New York Times. "To put the problem in the simplest terms, the interests of the client continue to be sidelined in the way the firm operates and thinks about ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Rapid growth in Exchange Traded Products and growing concern about new synthetic variants has prompted international financial regulators to issue a discussion paper on whether and how the sector should be regulated. Exchange Traded Products (ETP) include ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
The Australian share market at noon was higher, after overseas markets rallied on indications that Greece had achieved the bondholder support needed for a crucial debt swap. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 21.2 points ...