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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open higher on Thursday, as a recovery in commodity prices sparked a more positive performance in share prices on Wall Street. On the ASX 24 at 0713 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 24 points ...

Back office firm eyes super growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Back office administration firm MainstreamBPO has re-branded its Group Benefits business to SuperBPO as it continues to target new super fund clients. SuperBPO provides member administration, unit pricing and accounting to industry, corporate and retail ...

US inside trader hit with possible two-decade jail sentence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
A former billionaire US hedge fund player has been found guilty of a spate of insider trading charges and could be slapped with a 19.5 year jail sentence. Raj Rajaratnam, who co-founded the New York-based hedge fund management firm, Galleon Group, has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Thursday, following heavy falls on Wall Street overnight in both commodities prices and equities. On the ASX 24 at 0718 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 56 points lower at 4,729. ...

Budget 2011: Advisers granted budget wish

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Financial advisers have been granted at least one wish in this year's budget. From July 1 those who breach the concessional contributions cap by up to $10,000 have been given the option to withdraw the excess funds to avoid penalty tax rates. The concession ...

Budget 2011: "Benign" Budget a relief for finance sector

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Extended relief for compulsory pension fund draw-downs, encouragement for super funds to invest in infrastructure and a reiteration of the promise to increase the super guarantee to 12 per cent were functions of a budget that commentators labeled bland. ...

Budget 2011: minor investors cut short

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Investments on behalf of minors may now be cut short after the federal budget has shut down minor access to the Low Income Tax Offset (LITO). As part of the budget, minors, children under the age of 18, will no longer be able to access the LITO to reduce ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Thursday following strongly negative leads from overseas markets overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0731 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 22 points lower at 4,703. In economics news on ...

Swan names new ASIC, ACCC heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
ASIC commissioner Greg Medcraft and economist Rod Sims have been recommended as new regulatory heads by Treasurer Wayne Swan. In a statement from the Treasury, current ASIC commissioner Greg Medcraft has been put forward as the next ASIC chairman in ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
1.00,1.03,1.05,1.08,1.10,1.20 - no these are not random numbers. These are the numbers marking the Australian dollar's recorded fresh - and fresher - after-float highs against its big brother, the US dollar. The last time I wrote about the value of ...