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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... job advertisements survey for February. David Jones chief executive Mark McInnes and Australian National Retailers Association chief executive Margy Osmond announce their response to the second cash bonus on Tuesday morning. In Perth, it's the final ...

RIAA adds more members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Super Safeguard, The FTSE Group - Australia and Trucost are the new members of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). UBS Wealth Management financial adviser, Bernie Connolly; Fortuna Capital Partners consultant, Brookes McTavish ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... and tighter lending standards not surprisingly are continuing to pressure the housing sector. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that mortgage delinquencies for all loans rose to 7.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008 -- the highest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... futures index was down 50 points at 3,119. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian releases its Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI) for December. The Australian Office of Financial ...

AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers has criticised the small sample size of a recent Rice Warner Actuaries report that highlighted Australians risk paying 13 times more for commission-based advice versus fee-for-service. Richard Klipin, chief executive ...

ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... covered short selling to continue without ASIC intervention." Meanwhile, Kim Ivey, The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Australia chair, said the association is at a "complete loss" over why the ban was extended. "[ASIC is] very much ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... insurance industry body to call for tax reforms ahead of the bushfire royal commission. The National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) has called for the New South Wales and Victorian government to review insurance premium taxes so more Australians ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... financial stocks until March. But in September last year, the local branch of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said the ban might promote further volatility. "We're concerned that without any short selling, price discovery for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... December quarter, the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) index of commodity prices for January, and the Housing Industry Association's new home sales data for January. In company news, James Hardie defendants make final submissions in a case brought by ...

SMAs under ratings microscope: van Eyk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... those that specialise in Australian equities. This year's Financial Standard Managed Accounts seminar was held in association with the Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP), the industry body in Australia.