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Super structure needs fixing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... superannuation system. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) forum on super adequacy last Friday, Whiteley claims attempts by the Federal Government to boost retirement savings are undermined by structural corruption caused ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... The Paydirt 2008 Uranium Conference begins today in Adelaide. The Australian share market eneded 1.38 per cent firmer on Friday as record gold prices boosted the big miners and gold stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lifted 71.0 points to 5206.9 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... talk of a deal with Xstrata's biggest shareholder. WELLINGTON - New Zealand's Auckland International Airport Ltd said on Friday that 58 percent of shareholders had voted in favour of a bid by a Canadian state pension fund to acquire a 40 per cent stake ...

ANZ sets the scene for capital raising

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... took the opposite position in an interview with The Australian (and abstracted here) a couple of weeks ago. In a speech on Friday, a follow up media briefing and then an expansive interview with Business Spectator, Smith outlined his take on the ballooning ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... lower commodity prices. But he said the falls were limited by a heavy fall in the local market of over three per cent on Friday. "Surprisingly enough, we haven't gone down as far as we could have done if we hadn't had the sell-off on Friday," Mr Knight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... share price index contract was down 94 points at 5176. Investors stripped $38.2 billion from the Australian stock market on Friday amid continuing global credit woes and fears of a recession in the US. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 171.5 points ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... per cent to $22.39 and National Australia Bank had lost $1.47 or five per cent to $27.38. Wall Street finished lower on Friday after weak economic data added to US recession woes and insurer AIG delivered a record loss, sparking fears of further write-downs ...

ASIC closes Risqy Forex scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... recent report indicates that approximately $4.5 million of funds still remain in the scheme. ASIC officially declared last Friday that the scheme was an unregistered management investment scheme, and obtained further declarations that Risqy carried on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... quarter Asciano Ltd will release interim results and Credit Suisse will offer its earnings season briefing. At close on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 79.1 points, or 1.4 per cent, to 5,572.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... Australian share market finished firmly in positive territory yesterday, driven by a strong lead from Wall Street's close on Friday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 61.7 points, or 1.11 per cent, at 5,621.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...