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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... Network Holdings are expected to post annual results, Woolworths its first quarter sales results and Woodside Petroleum its third quarter report. QR National chief executive Lance Hockridge is slated to address the American Chamber of Commerce in Sydney ...

State Street profits up 23% on Lehman wind up

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
State Street, one of the world's largest providers of financial services, has announced a 23% rise in third quarter profits despite a slight fall in revenue, bolstered by claims linked to the Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy. The Boston-based bank, which ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... upbeat data raised hopes for the US economy. But dealers also remained hesitant before the release this week of Chinese third-quarter growth figures, as evidence accumulates of a slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy. Tokyo rose 1.44 per cent ...

Market wrap late PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... shed seven cents to open at $33.28 while Rio Tinto lost 29 cents to $55.23 as the resources giant prepares to release its third-quarter operations review. Fortescue Metals Group is also releasing its first quarter report on Tuesday, while Telstra is ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... equities news, Cochlear and Telstra are scheduled to hold annual general meetings while Rio Tinto is due to release its third quarter review. NEW YORK - US stocks scored solid gains as investors digest upbeat retail sales data and better-than-expected ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The 2012 Mercer Global Pension Index has shown that Australia has come in third place out of 18 countries, beating the likes of Switzerland, Canada and the UK. The index which covers over half of the world's population has found that Australia's retirement ...

Accountants to deliver advice under new regime

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Approximately 75% of accountants who took part in an MLC survey plans to deliver advice to their clients under the new proposed licensing regime. Out of the 200 accountants MLC surveyed at its Accountant Seminar Series last week, 67% would like to deliver ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... Friday to end the day broadly lower, with worries about the new earnings season clouding optimism. Better-than-expected third quarter gains by JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo gave stocks an early boost but profit-taking moved in quickly and only the blue-chip ...

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... trillion in mid-2012. Releasing the report, Francesco de Ferrari, Head of Private Banking Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse, said the third edition of the Global Wealth Report reconfirms a radical reconfiguration of the world's economic order taking shape. ...

IOSCO recommends reforms to the $4.7tr MMF sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... of MMFs are domiciled in the US and Europe, they hold an estimated 40% of USD denominated financial paper and about one-third of dollar denominated negotiable certificates of deposit. But while they are so integral they are usually not officially backed ...