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APRA lays plans to improve super governance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will demand greater transparency on board selection, remuneration and manager selection and insist upon higher capital holdings among super funds. APRA, which is entitled to set prudential standards from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after sharp declines on Wall Street. At 0649 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 4,4005. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Australian shares extended early gains at noon, with materials leading the market as commodity prices slowed their steady descent of recent weeks. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 114.9 points, or 2.97 per cent, to 3978.8, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed up 2.5 per cent. At 0652 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 105 points at 3,984. There is no economic news expected on Tuesday. In equities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Australian shares remained in positive territory at noon but had shed some of their early gains from morning trade as anxious investors awaited more news about a Greek bailout from Europe. After opening higher following German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ...

Be glad for A$ weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Oh no! This couldn't happen. Not now, not when the "Finance Minister of the Year" sits in Canberra. The A-dollar has fallen below parity with the US dollar. Australian deputy prime minister and federal treasurer Wayne Swan had been awarded the top gong ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street's Dow Jones finished just 35 points higher on Friday, but Asian markets closed the week lower. At 0711 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down nine points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
The Australian share market was firmly in the red at noon following tumbles on Wall Street and European bourses overnight, as a cocktail of negative economic data weighed on investor sentiment. CommSec market analyst Steve Daghlian said both key indices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street lost more than 3.5 per cent and European stocks also fell sharply overnight. At 0714 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 3,890. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
The Australian share market is more than two per cent lower at noon amid global uncertainty following big falls on Wall Street after the US central bank downgraded its economic outlook. The big miners led the falls, with Rio Tinto shares shedding more ...