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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... open higher after gains on the European markets overnight on easing euro zone debt crisis concerns ahead of a two-day EU summit and Wall Street remained in positive territory. At 0810 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... IBEX 35 index climbed by 0.34 per cent to 7,678.50 points as Spain said it hoped EU leaders would progress rapidly at a summit this week towards a direct recapitalisation of the country's troubled banking system. The euro edged down to $US1.2952 from ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... finance ministers meet on the 8th and the EU money men on the 9th. Failing that, it could do so before the 18-19 October EU summit in Luxembourg or Rajoy could wait after the local elections in Galicia and the Basque Country on the 21st. These are important ...

Most funds to offer default IP for MySuper

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... default income protection in their MySuper offers, according to a survey released at the recent AIA Australia Group Insurance Summit held in Sydney. Thirty-two executives from 26 retail and industry funds and related consultancies where surveyed on key ...

Changes sent packing

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... premiums and cash flow advantages - had brought the two closer together, he said, speaking at the recent Group Insurance Summit. "Group insurance used to be distinguished from retail offerings as a lower cost but simplified product, however greater alignment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... though that was tempered by his picture of an economy that remains weak and vulnerable. In his speech at a central bankers summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Dr Bernanke warned that stagnation in the US labour market was "a grave concern" and signalled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... Bernanke will outline economic stimulus measures. The euro picked up as news that Mario Draghi would not attend the annual summit of central bank chiefs stoked speculation of a new European Central Bank program of buying bonds of indebted eurozone states ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... straight weeks, Wall Street's been eking out gains and the way it's going, just a wittle more and it'll be standing above the summit it reached back in 2007 (the time we, Australians, thought of the GFC to mean Geelong Football Club). At the close of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian market was continuing to rally after recent announcements at the European Leaders Summit and by the European Central Bank that had reduced the potential of a near term crisis in Europe. "The S&P/ASX 200 index has ...

Kinks in Stronger Super armour

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... lead to perverse outcomes, according to one Russell Investments executive. Speaking at the Russell Australian Investment Summit on Friday, Graham Harman, director of Capital Markets Research at Russell, labelled the better governance outcome of Stronger ...