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All together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
It is just fitting that the world leaders from the Group of 20 nations decided to meet on 15 November 2008 to hatch their battle plans for ending the global financial crisis. For on this very same day in 1920, the League of Nations also held its first ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after Wall Street slumped on Friday. At 0736 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 64 points at 3,693. In news today, the Australian Bureau ...

Four in five happy with their super: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The global financial crisis prompted only 13 per cent of Australians to change the way they save for their retirement and a majority 80 per cent are happy with the performance of their super fund, a new industry survey shows. The findings were from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after the three day slump to a new four year low gives investors a buying opportunity, and after US stocks rebounded overnight. Energy stocks may also gain after the price of oil increased, although ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell overnight on signs that company profits are being hit by the decline in consumer spending. At 0810 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures ...

AIG gets another A$57 billion bail-out

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Concerns by the US Treasury that AIG in the US is still struggling, the insurer has been granted another A$57 billion in federal funding. The latest arrangement will see AIG hand over yet more stock to the government. The decision follows AIG in the ...

Pengana Global Volatility gains 24pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Early institutional investors to the Pengana Global Volatility fund have been amply rewarded as the fund locks in a 24 per cent gain in the nine months to August. The fund, managed by Al Wilkinson, the man widely credited for creating the VIX (Volatility ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today after US stocks gained on Friday as investors saw buying opportunities following heavy falls earlier in the week. At 0738 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney ...

Trader caught shorting despite ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
A Victorian-based trader could face more than two years in jail when he shorted certain stocks despite the regulator's interim short selling ban. ASIC alleged that between 28 May and 24 October 2007, Giovanni Spagnolo of Northcote, Victoria sold shares ...

Mercer invests $35m in commodities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
Mercer's investment arm is tapping into the commodities sector with a $35 million investment mandate in H3's Global Commodities program. H3's commodity program returned more than 13 per cent over a one year period to September against the Dow Jones ...