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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street showed good gains overnight. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 22 points at 4286. No major economics is expected on Friday. In equities ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
OMG! We're really in trouble now, Italian-sized big trouble. Italy - the economy that's considered too big to bail - looks like it's gonna need one as the yield on its 10-year government bonds surged past the 7% bailout mark. Italian 10-year bonds rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 10 AAP - The Australian share market is set to open sharply lower on Thursday as world markets plunge due to delays in Europe's moves to stem its debt crisis. At 0714 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 7 AAP - The Australian dollar has lifted on Tuesday morning, on the back of positive economic news from the US, and optimism around local data due today. At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the currency was trading at 103.75 US cents, up from 103.57 ...

APRA: Investment world still clouded with uncertainty

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
Most superannuation funds earned positive returns at the end of this financial year for the second year in a row, thanks to a recovery in equity markets and higher fixed interest earnings over much of 2010/11. But, warns APRA, there are dangers ahead. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower. At 0705 AEDT on monday, the December share price index futures contract was down 27 points at 4,258. In economic news on monday, the ANZ job advertisements series for October are released as is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
The Australian share market was set to notch up its biggest one-day rise in four weeks at noon amid hopes that a looming confidence vote in Greece will start the country's economic recovery. Global markets also rallied on news of an interest cut by ...

Perpetual updates performance, remuneration

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
The Perpetual Limited Annual General Meeting saw the firm admit financial performance needed to improve but said it was on the right track with talk of new products in the next financial year, as well as disclosure of the firm executive remuneration ...

Shape up or ship out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
Germany and France has called Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's all-in "referendum" gambit. Monsieur Sarkozy and Fraulein Merkel suspended the disbursement of the a,-8 billion rescue tranche until Greece makes up its mind to stay in the Eurozone ...

ASIC seeks interim orders against Equititrust

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
ASIC has sought interim orders against Equititrust Limited for two of its managed investment schemes from the Supreme Court of Queensland while the regulator considers its actions after a suspected breach in licence. The Australian Securities and Investments ...