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Market Movers (10 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release June Labour Force data at 11:30 AM today. Labour market surveys released earlier this week point to continuing weakness on the jobs front. The ANZ job ads survey released last Monday showed the ...

Economy slowing down and speeding up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
The just released minutes of last month's Reserve Bank Board meeting show that while the board believes the economy is slowing, the rising terms of trade is pushing the economy hard in the opposite direction. "Board members noted that the bulk of indicators ...

Market wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... average rose 1.16 per cent, boosted by exporters on a softer yen, while Daiichi Sankyo surged nearly five per cent after a newspaper reported it planned to launch a bid for India's biggest generic drugmaker, Ranbaxy. The benchmark Nikkei average added ...

APRA hunts down 32 funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
APRA is flexing its muscle and threatening to remove 32 trustees from their super funds. The prudential regulator has announced it is seeking information on 32 superannuation funds whose Trustees have failed to apply to APRA to be licensed. It is proposing ...

ING A rejects munitions claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... institutions to clarify their positions around investing in defence and munitions companies after queries were expressed in a newspaper letter to the editor. According to a spokesperson at ING Australia, the firm enforced a strict investment procedure ...

Awareness week for planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... a financial planner and the opportunities in a career as an adviser or paraplanner. The week will feature seminars, newspaper lift-outs, special talk back segments on local radio stations, expositions and high school information speeches across Australia. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... index data for the March quarter. In company news, ANZ Banking Group Ltd announces its interim results. West Australian Newspaper Holdings Ltd holds an extraordinary general meeting. BHP Billiton Ltd, Santos Ltd and Zinifex Ltd announce quarterly production ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... on issues of environmental governance for business at the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia. West Australian Newspaper Holdings releases its third quarter results. Yesterday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 53.5 points, or 0.95 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight. Resource stocks may decline after commodity prices fell overnight, however. At 0706 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract ...

US regulation review models Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The US is moving to an upgraded financial system regulatory model that should remind Australian wealth managers of the debate we had a decade ago during the Wallis Report. Central to the proposed reforms that seem to suggest Australia has become somewhat ...