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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open relatively flat today, but may rise slightly after oil continued to slide. At 0750 AEST, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures exchange was 15 points higher at 4,986. Today's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... hold rates where they are, which is a good thing. "And now of course the Reserve bank here has alluded to a cut at some stage in the future." "It's terrific to see. It's just what we needed." The financial sector enjoyed the renewed optimism with Commonwealth ...

Finsia launches Career Portal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) takes another step towards addressing the country's talent drought when it launched a new service dedicated to those considering a career in financial services. Finsia has launched Career Portal ...

Calliva suspends new loans to SMSFs

THE SHEET  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... has signed up 230 introducers - loan brokers, accountants and financial planners. Scully said, "We have just got to the stage where brokers have stopped asking us how the product works and started asking how ours is different from other providers. "We ...

Contribs tax for women under review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry's comments on potentially removing the 15 per cent contributions tax on super of women at certain stages of their work life fuels further debate on how the government can help narrow the gender gap on retirement savings. Senator ...

Planners miss sustainable mark: Fahy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... government's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and a general push by financial institutions to 'go green'. "It will come to a stage where market forces are going to be so great that young couples looking at investment issues on super or equities will be ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... vehicle sales are expected to partly recover from May's 1.6 percent fall. US: In the US, the housing market again takes centre stage this week. US house prices are expected to show a continued decline. The US House Price Index, out on Wednesday, is forecast ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
The government moves to scrap Latin-like, 100-page product disclosure statements (PDSs) in favour of plain English four-page forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... region. The report depicts continued slowing in the manufacturing sector in this region. Today, Bank of Japan takes centre stage with a scheduled speech by Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and the release of the Monetary Board minutes from the previous meeting. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... the banks on encouraging comments from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, made for a solid day in Asia on Wednesday and set the stage for a European recovery too after very heavy losses. They said the tone remained cautious however and the gains technical, with ...