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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices generally higher, along with precious metals, oil and copper. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney futures exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
Ok, ok...there's no defending the indefensible, so I wouldn't even try. Now you know what happens when hype meets reality. The S&P 500 index plummeted by 3.44 per cent when "great expectations" on the US jobs front turned out to be a "great disappointment". ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Super funds and investors upset about the mining stocks plunge this week should shift their blame from the government and instead zero in on the miners themselves because it was their idea. In a 20-page submission to the Henry Review in November 2008 ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

At an industry forum yesterday, the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talks about the next wave of superannuation reforms and the critical role the financial services sector play in the national economy. He said the reforms are the most significant set of reforms ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
"Sell in May then go away." It has to happen this month, doesn't it? Every time the fifth moon of the year is upon us, theories, studies and reports proving or disproving this quotation come a-visiting. By merely stating this observation, I guess I ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... trigger again next week. Oh well... at least there's the promise of a tax cut for us slaves and our masters. This is what Kev said in his speech before the NSW Business Chamber yesterday: "In our response to the Henry Review the Government will make ...

MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Australia's superannuation market will be closed to new entrants under proposals by the Super System Review (SSR) that could effectively shut down competition, entrench incumbents and force small funds to merge. The proposals are in the review's MySuper ...

The retaking of Dow 11000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
Here we go, here we go, here we go-o! The Dow has retaken the 11K ground anew! Dow 36,000 here we come! Yes Virginia, by virtue of a miniscule 0.1 per cent gain overnight, the Dow has once again crossed beyond that ever-elusive 11,000 milestone to close ...

Telstra Super signs healthcare deal for members

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
The $10 billion Telstra Super has teamed up with health fund HCF to offer members discounted health insurance. According to a press statement, Telstra Super members and their immediate families can access HCF's full range of hospital and extras cover ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
Collapsing political support for climate change action has led to a policy vacuum on emissions trading - prompting concerns among environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategists that the market is losing momentum. The new Liberal Party ...