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Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
"There's a party going on right here A celebration that last throughout the years So bring your good times and your laughter, too We're gonna celebrate your party with you Come on now." -Kool & the Gang The Fed has spoken and Wall Street liked what ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. Securities markets were mixed and flat, precious metals were higher, and oil eased. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was three points ...

Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Rigid contribution cap rules with no ability to amend mistakes are causing financial planners to be caught by a new surge of compensation claims, industry leaders have said. Dante de Gori, general manager of policy and government relations for the Financial ...

IOOF adds insurance, offers more low-cost options

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... options to further diversify its platform offerings to create an extensive range of detailed services for advisers. "A danger for platform providers is to try to create structure platforms and dictate to advisers how they should be running their business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from offshore markets, after Wall Street gave up early gains to finish lower, while oil and metals prices eased overnight. At 0710 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up four points at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian market is set for heavy falls when it opens on Thursday with world markets again diving due to fears of a nuclear crisis in Japan. On the ASX 24 at 0733 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 4,491, indicating ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... Uranium-exposed stocks were among the best performers, earning back most of the ground they lost on Tuesday due to the nuclear danger in Japan. Energy Resources was up $1.02, or 14.43 per cent, at $8.09, Paladin Energy gained 47 cents, or 14.42 per cent ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... Cassius." Shakespeare immortalised this quote in his opus "Julius Caesar" and has since meant a foreboding of oncoming danger. "The "ides" of March is the fifteenth." And on 15 March 2011, the financial markets around the globe all fell down. As is to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... market has received negative leads from world equity and commodities markets as the sell-off continues due to the nuclear danger looming in Japan. However on the ASX 24 at 0736 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 4,548. ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... remember quoting John F Kennedy's word, "When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity," sometime in the midst of the GFC two years ago. And it did! We know now that ...