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Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Conference Board's report showing that consumer confidence dropped to a lower than expected 62.0 in June - the lowest since January - from a "downwardly" revised 64.4 in the previous month. I'll bet my right eyeballs this would be the banner story had ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
A day late and a penny short. Had the stumble in equity and commodity markets and the grim indicators released overnight happened while the Federal Open Market Committee was still in session, Big Ben would have announced something beyond extending the ...

Still a guessing game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
"Confusion raining down from up high And all the time you ask yourself 'why?' Why can't you make decisions Can't make up your mind." -- Confusion, The Zutons This, Virginia, sums up the current state of the markets. With so much uncertainty around ...

APRA releases final form prudential standards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released a set of prudential standards in final form, and a response paper as part of its review of capital standards for general and life insurers. The aims of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have sunk to their lowest level this year as investors begin to panic over the crisis in Europe after reports of a run on Spanish banks. Europe's main stock markets tumbled and the euro hit a new four-month US dollar low as worries ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
If you're in Victoria (Australia) and you watch television, chances are you've probably seen Quit Victoria's new anti-smoking ad. I don't know if this is shown in the other states but the ad shows a fretful young dad in a hospital waiting room waiting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight and political turmoil in Greece. At 0803 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 32 points at 4,241. In economic news on Wednesday ...

Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
FSC chief John Brogden has called on the Gillard government to provide strong support for the wealth sector ahead of addressing an IRS hearing in Washington DC on the contentious FATCA regime. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regime aims ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
SYDNEY, May 15 AAP - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 32 points at 4,265. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank ...

APRA releases draft MySuper authorisation form

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
APRA today released a discussion paper for consultation covering arrangements to authorise MySuper products, including a draft application form. A draft prudential standard on MySuper transition that sets out requirements for trustees moving member ...