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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
The Australian securities market has opened more than 1.5 per cent lower after gains were wiped off US markets overnight. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 84.9 points, or 1.8 per cent, at 4,622.4, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Proposed tough planner rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... reforms in question propose that harsher penalties should be introduced for financial planners which regulator, Australia Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC), believe are acting in a way not in the interest of their clients. Increasing the ...

Software speeds up SMSF creation

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... by the end of June the software would also include digital authentication for tax returns and daily pricing on all securities. "The time saving is horrendous," he said. "No printing or sending back forms." According to Australian Tax Office figures for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... $US1,534.98. Gold miner Newcrest Mining was 49 cents higher at $39.70. At 1220 AEST, national turnover was 911.46 million securities worth $1.69 million, with 544 stocks up, 352 down and 360 were unchanged.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... US$1,535.50 per fine ounce, up $US7.90 from Friday's local close of US$1,527.60. National turnover was 390.9 million securities changing hands for $455.13 million, with 363 stocks up, 355 down and 354 unchanged.

NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... remained at C+. A stable outlook was issued for all ratings and there was no impact on the backed AAA ratings of debt securities the banks issued between 2009 and 2010 under the New Zealand Government's wholesale funding guarantee facility. Marina Ip ...

Bentham wins $350 million mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... credit investments. The three funds are Bentham Global Income Fund, which invests in instruments such as bank capital securities, global convertible bonds and investment grade corporate debt securities. A minimum of 50 per cent of the portfolio is investment-grade. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... of early trade, where the S&P/ASX200 index was down 0.18 per cent and the All Ordinaries down 0.13 per cent. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said investors were buying into the market after heavy losses earlier in the week. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... positions in subdued trade against a backdrop of slowing economic growth and persistent eurozone debt fears. Cameron Securities client advisor Adrian Leppinus said bargain hunters had re-entered the local market, giving it momentum after a week of heavy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... of National Australia Bank-owned Clydesdale Bank remained on review, following NAB's downgrade on May 18. Patersons Securities' associate director John Curtin, said the local market opened quietly and was little changed with competing forces driving ...