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NGS Super adds three new directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
NGS Super, the industry fund for non-government schools, has appointed three new directors to its board following the fund's February board meeting. Geoff Newcombe, Garry Le Duff both come from the Association of Independent Schools and join as employer ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... soared from 11.3 at the end of last week to 14.6 last night - that's a 29.2% jump. But cast your brains back to late February (on the 25th to be exact) -- when the headlines were reporting that Italy could have a hung Parliament or bunga bunga boy Berlusconi ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher amid views that investors over-reacted to Europe's debt problems with heavy sell-offs on Monday. Monday's falls in Australia were the heaviest of the year (above two per cent) but a relatively muted response ...

EQT lodges bidder statement for the Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Equity Trustees made public today the bidder statement for its offer for the Trust Company and lodged it to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the ASX and the Trust Company itself. The document provides key information about ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Wow! That's the only expression one could make when one saw the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the state of the country's labour market. Wow indeed for the Australian economy added more than seven times the 10,000 workers economists ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set for a strong start to trade with encouraging jobs figures in the United States helping Wall Street post its longest winning streak in more than 16 years. At 0757 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
It's beginning to sound like a broken record ever since the Dow broke its 2007 record on the 5th of March 2013...and talks about the Dow are yet to stop - whether it'll continue heading higher, consolidate or reverse at some point. Guilty, your honour! ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set to open higher as Wall Street posted a small rise and on better news from Spain, where borrowing costs eased. At 0820 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,123. In economic ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
I don't know if you're feeling what I'm feeling but I feel that the S&P 500 index is being quite a tease the past few days. While the Dow just went and did it - broken its record - the S&P 500 continues in flirt mode, heading towards it but not really ...

Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Wall Street continues to treat us to the spectacle that is the running of the bulls. The Dow is now a full 2.0% away from its 2007 record and the S&P 500 is less than 10 points away from reclaiming its own. To be sure, there was some not so good news ...