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Margin lending collapses risk regulatory over-reach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The collapse of some boutique margin lenders is prompting calls for more regulation, but regulatory overreaction leading to overreach may cause even bigger structural problems. To illustrate the conundrum, it's worth reviewing some of Reserve Bank Glen ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US equities and metals, including gold and copper, increased overnight. At 0749 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,679. In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
The Australian share market is expected to continue clawing back ground when it opens today, despite a neutral lead from Wall Street and lower base metal prices. At 0829 AEST, the September Share Price Index was up 10 points at 5710 on the Sydney futures ...

Economic round-up: Cheeseburger bill meets fat tax

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
Where legislation fails taxation often takes over and, following on from the cheeseburger bill, UK doctors and the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit are now debating a fat tax. And what in the name of Ronald Macdonald is a 'Cheeseburger Bill'? When it's ...

Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The Government has been accused, in a report by the House of Representatives economic committee, of misguidedly prioritising agriculture and manufacturing over the services industry in its global trade negotiations. However, pushing manufacturing exports ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Labour Price Index released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday shows that in seasonally adjusted terms the overall growth to December last year from a year earlier was 4 per cent which was composed of a 3.8 per cent increase in private ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat with only a slight lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0742 AEDT, the March share price index contract was unchanged at 5969. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after Wall Street gains slowed and most base metals fell. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0819 AEST, the September share price index contract was down nine points at 5,009. Today Unitab and Thakral ...

Govt recommends 3 per cent super top-up for under 40s

The Federal Government has made a series of recommendations in a bid to improve the superannuation savings of people aged under 40, including raising the current 9 per cent compulsory super contribution by 3 per cent. The House of Representatives Committee ...

ASFA calls for super projections to assist 'under 40s' save

The Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) has made a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into 'Improving the superannuation savings of people under 40' calling for superannuation funds to be granted permission ...