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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... private client advisor Bill Bishop said progress in the US debt stalemate had buoyed the market. The US House of Representatives has passed legislation allowing a conditional $US2.4 trillion ($A2.25 trillion) increase in the nation's borrowing cap. "That ...

Minister faces down advisers over opt-in, risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... advisers embarked on a campaign of political lobbying last month to persuade key independents in the House of Representatives to oppose opt-in provisions and the banning of commissions for risk insurance in superannuation. On superannuation risk commissions ...

Industry funds, independent platforms stand up for FOFA reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... services minister Senator Mathias Cormann on May 19 to target the four independent members of the Federal House of Representatives in their bid to have elements of the FOFA reforms scrapped. Since then consumer groups and industry fund representatives ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... The Senate would move from Coalition to Labor control with the support of the Greens, he said. But the House of Representatives would be in the hands of the independents. "The Coalition together with Tony Crook and Bob Katter has got 74 out of 150 Members ...

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... favourable one by the standards of recent decades." These were Stevens' words when testified before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics last Friday. Mr. Stevens has every right to gloat. His is one of the central banks in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... 4,883. In economics news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens appears before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, in Canberra. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender process for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... Composite index dropped 7.98 points (0.29 per cent) at 2,789.07. Fed chief Bernanke, in his testimony to the House of Representatives budget committee, said that the economic recovery appeared to have strengthened in the past few months but the unemployment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... cent. Mr Taylor said the appearance of Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens before a House of Representatives parliamentary committee in Canberra was the main domestic event on Friday. The current cash rate of 4.75 per cent was "a bit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... 4,591. In economics news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens appears before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics at 0930 AEDT. In equities news, annual general meetings are scheduled for Primary Health ...

Goldilocks QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... significantly after the 2 November elections. Up for grabs in the 2010 mid-term election are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 36 of the 100 seats in the Senate and 37 of the 50 US Governors' seats. Given the strong level of dissatisfaction ...