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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian stock market has opened more than one per cent lower following a weak result in the US on Friday night and as Westpac shares went ex-dividend. US stocks ended the week mired in red on Friday as investors shrugged off US inflation and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian market is likely to decline on Monday after US equities fell about one per cent and the price of gold and some base metals declined. At 0734 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,678 points. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... looming, the announcement will be attended by the federal resources minister, Martin Ferguson, and the Queensland finance minister, Rachel Nolan. Origin shares traded last at $16.23. Oil refiner and petrol retailer Caltex Australia said it expected short ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... own economic situation," even if this leads to tensions on capital flows. To which, another French, France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde added that, "The doctrine of the International Monetary Fund has changed" from prescribing free capital flows ...

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... overnight led by none other than the PIGIS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Spain). The trigger? Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told his country's Die Welt newspaper that Greece might need to renegotiate its debt if an audit, to be held ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... recovery after recent jobs data had been much more encouraging. Greek money market rates jumped sharply after German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble suggested that Athens might have to restructure its debt, meaning investors would lose out and touching ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
The Australian market has received a mostly positive set of leads from weekend offshore trading, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities prices ending firmer. At 0805 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points ...

Proposed reforms could hurt insurance levels: AFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called on Federal Finance Minister Bill Shorten to consider the impact of proposed financial reforms on life insurance levels. Richard Klipin, chief executive, AFA, said research had shown that if adviser ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... Economic Development of Australia holds its South Australian Economic Update, featuring speakers including federal Finance Minister Penny Wong, Austrade chief economist, Tim Harcourt, and Prescott Securities chief economist, Darryl Gobbett. On Thursday ...

Lift NZ retirement age to 67

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... been rejected by NZ Prime Minister, arguing that the current retirement at age 65 is supportable. But former NZ finance minister Roger Douglas has been scathing of the PM's response. "His stance is worse than useless. The current system is not sustainable ...