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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
The Australian share market was more than two and a half per cent lower at noon, with concerns about the stability of the US economy dragging the market down. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index slumped 110.4 points lower, or by 2.86 per cent, at 3745.7 ...

Beware the Budgets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
Phew! That wasn't stressing at all. In the end, the official announcement of the results of the stress test conducted on 19 of America's biggest banks became a sort of anti-climax for the equity markets. Where to from here? The verdict? Ten of the 19 ...

Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Good news begets good news. The number of headlines and stories trumpeting that we are getting close to the end of the global financial crisis tunnel had been increasing over the past few weeks. Equity markets like these. They rallied and continue to ...

Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Here we go, here we go, here we go. It is that time of the month again when Australia's soothsayers sing a familiar refrain, 'we are doomed.' I of course refer to the Australian Labour Force Report which will be released by the Australian Bureau of ...

Global property revival

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Local investors are dipping their toes back into property market but are opting for well-diversified global property trusts instead of concentrated A-REITs. According to Mick O'Brien, chief executive of Invesco Australia, the firm continues to receive ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
My forecasts are gloomier than yours! The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has joined the fray of gloomier international forecasters. The World Bank (WB) started to get glum at the start of the year, quickly followed by the ...

Future still belongs to super

Despite record low returns and plummeting consumer confidence in super, the sector is still on track to grow into a multi-trillion dollar savings pool, just at a slower rate than previously estimated. Key research groups have released projections for ...

Fitzsimons to head MasterKey Custom

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
Ex-Plum Financial Services managing director Mike Fitzsimons has been appointed general manager of MasterKey Custom. Fitzsimons, who will commence his role in early April, will be responsible for the MasterKey Custom business - which has $8.3 billion ...

Babcock & Brown folds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
Babcock & Brown Limited has called in the administrators after its New Zealand investors rejected the company's plan to restructure some of its debt. In an ASX statement released this morning, Babcock & Brown has appointed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
In the Roman calendar, the ides of March refers to the 15th day of the month of March. It was a festive day celebrating the Mars, the god of war. In modern times it has taken on an ominous sense ever since Julius Caesar's assassination on this date ...