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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... the S&P 500 index, a broader measure of the markets, slid 31.78 points (2.47 per cent) to 1,253.30. Financials were under attack amid the eurozone worries and after brokerage MF Global filed for bankruptcy protection following a string of losses from ...

D-day deferred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... those three scenarios I listed on this space only two days ago? Well, Europe proved me wrong! For those who had a sudden attack of Mondayitis that day, here's what I wrote: "We're told that by 26 October 2011, the final solution would be revealed. Three ...

First State Super chief handles furore over tech security

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... letter, obtained by Financial Standard, told members of the security breach and assured them that while it was not a targeted attack on their personal account, immediate action was taken and "permanent changes to our processes to prevent this issue occurring ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... Promises. At least, the European Union, according to talks on gossips on rumours out of Europe, has a more concrete plan of attack. It is three-pronged. (1) recapitalisation of European banks to the tune of "tens of billions of euros" to provide a "firebreak" ...

Dealer groups compete for planners: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Planners want freedom to run their own practice while dealer groups are on the attack trying to lure competitor's planners to their own ranks, according to an industry survey, which also rated planner opinions on the handling of reforms. The Midwinter ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... depressed US housing market is pushing both their government and banking sector to look for increasingly creative ways to attack the problem. Like banks partially cutting their losses by offering principal reductions and more flexible re-payment options ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... dragging a banner that reads: "THANKS FOR THE DOWNGRADE. YOU SHOULD ALL BE FIRED." I, and others like me, could continue to attack them credit-raters until hell freezes over. But at the end of the day, and as this latest episode proves - they remain ...

Market dives on US downgrade, China demands new reserve currency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
The Australian share market dropped sharply on the open as nervous investors reacted to Standard & Poor's historic weekend downgrade of US sovereign credit. At time of writing the All Ordinaries Index had fallen 66.1 points or 1.59% to 4103.6 while ...

Westpac goes on attack against lost super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
Westpac has gone on the attack against lost superannuation and instructed its 700 bank branches to pull out all stops to help their customers track down and consolidate any lost superannuation monies. The problem with lost super is not just that half ...

Coalition adopts ALP super clearing house model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
The Coalition has adopted the ALP's superannuation clearing house policy as their preferred way to simplify contribution payments for small businesses. Under the morphed policy, the Coalition has proposed small business employers send superannuation ...