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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... shipments of the steelmaking commodity. Mr Smith said the market was currently plagued by uncertainty surrounding the federal election outcome. "We don't know who is going to govern number one - and there's always the threat of super taxes," he said. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... with Cameron Securities, Adrian Leppinus, said many investors were sitting on the sidelines while Australia's federal election cliffhanger resolved itself. "No-one is willing to do too much either way until it settles down," Mr Leppinus said. But the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... stock market closed firmly in the red after company profit results failed to impress investors on the eve of the federal election and amid heightened concerns about the US economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended down 48.1 points, or 1.07 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... little bit and industrials are leading the way," he said. IG Markets analyst Cameron Peacock said the upcoming federal election was having no impact on trading. Leighton Holdings continued climbing off Monday's strong profit announcement, with its share ...

Infrastructure mandates tough for super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... to help the membership," he said. Asset Super is currently biding its time and awaiting the coming state and federal election which Paul hope will yield fresh projects with less debt and better structures that will allow local super funds to hand out ...

Coalition's IR commitment locks in Award default funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... industrial relations platform for at least the first term of their government should they win office at the August 21 Federal Election. The subtlety for the retail superannuation lobby is that the decision to cement in place the Fair Work Act and its ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... the S&P 500 giving up 2.9 per cent - the same day we Australians woke up to news that... yes, we will have a Federal election on 21 August 2010. Bank of America, Citigroup and GE announced second quarter earnings results that all beat market expectations. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... losses in the materials and financial sectors and as the market anticipated the announcement of the date of the federal election, announced on Saturday as August 21. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19.9 points, or 0.45 per cent, at 4,422.7 points ...

MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... the report due in June this year will be released immediately following the Federal Budget, within months of a Federal election and before the government has formalised its response to the Ripoll advice practices review and the increasingly controversial ...

AustEthical director elected MLA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Showing that investment principles and politics can mix, AustEthical Investment director and Greens candidate Caroline Le Couteur, has won a seat in the ACT Legislative Assembly. The ACT election was held last on 18th November but with neither the Labor ...