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MICHELLE BALTAZAR IS A MEDIA GUEST AT THE SECURITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ADELAIDE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... Ashenden predicts that mandating planners as fiduciaries is inevitable and is, in fact, necessary to restore investor confidence. As for all the noise on new legislation, he said, "We need to use this regulatory process as an opportunity to get things ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... stock markets closed higher on Wednesday as US data and better-than-expected corporate earnings bolstered investor confidence in the underlying economic recovery. Strong earnings at US computer chip giant Intel first gave Asian stocks a clear lead overnight ...

Debt disclosure to revive agribusiness

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... demanding agribusiness operators to open their books to the public, including how much debt they owe, could renew investor confidence. This week corporate regulator ASIC released a consultation paper on how agribusiness managed investment schemes (MIS) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... European stock markets closed mixed on Wednesday, giving up early gains after disappointing US jobs data hurt investor confidence and offset other more positive figures. Continuing concerns over Greece as it sought to raise funds to cover its debt and ...

Harvard puts property on sale

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... Sharp declines in returns from unlisted direct-property and diversified-property funds have also pummelled investor confidence. According to Standard & Poor's, the search for reasons for the poor performance needs to go well beyond the downturn in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... Tuesday in the wake of surprisingly weak economic data from the United States, France and Germany that dampened investor confidence. Analysts also pointed to lingering unease about prospects for Greece, struggling with a debt and deficit crisis and hit ...

Public policy to reshape investment risk: PIMCO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... in Sydney this month. He said the Federal Government's long list of financial market reviews has curtailed investor confidence in the system. El-Erian, who is visiting Australia to participate in the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Symposium, said this ...

Hartsuyker takes aim at govt reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... Speaking at a Pritchitt Partners event last night, Hartsuyker, said the government has a responsibility to foster investor confidence and provide regulatory certainty. "Government's do not inspire confidence by arbitrarily getting involved in the market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... weakest level since December 21 as a stronger yen weighed on exporters and Toyota Motor's recall woes undermined investor confidence. Shares rose in early trade, but later lost ground in response to the yen's strength against the US dollar ahead of a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... sales by Woolworths and delays to a major mining joint venture. A decline in US stocks overnight also dented investor confidence, leading to the fourth straight fall in local shares. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had lost 77.1 points ...