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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... the previous day's gains amid concerns Beijing will tighten monetary policy. China's banking regulator sent a warning that banks must comply strictly with capital adequacy requirements. Investors viewed the warning as the latest signal that Beijing is ...

The downside of Ripoll

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... perversely reducing the number of IFAs in the country. "You will get this drift of independent advisers joining the big banks and this [fiduciary duty] could become a tick-the-box exercise," he said. He said the unintended consequence of Ripoll's recommendations ...

Lessons learned from Opes Prime

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... investors. The Inquiry stated increased investor skepticism following recent collapses, along with increased caution from banks engaging in securities lending, would "lead to the same effect" of barring investors from using these products. Submissions ...

PJC points finger at Storm model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) has found the lack of information that banks could provide on margin loan accounts "deeply troubling" but also found Storm Financial's investment model significantly contributed to the problem. The PJC said while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... cent, to 3,813.17 points. TOKYO - Japan's markets were closed for a public holiday. HONG KONG - Bargain buying in Chinese banks and insurers led Hong Kong's market higher. The Hang Seng Index gained 315.55 points, or 1.41 per cent, to 22,771.39 points. ...

Education drag hits super savings: GESB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... (45 per cent). According to GESB's research, Australians expect the government and financial providers like super funds, banks and financial advisers to provide them with all the information they will need to inform their retirement savings. The research ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... about withdrawing stimulus. At week's end, President Trichet indicated that the ECB would not extend its 12-month loans to banks when it expires in December. This, at a time when domestic demand and unemployment remains weak and the appreciating euro ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... which all comes back to China. US and Chinese regulators are reportedly in talks aimed at easing restrictions for Chinese banks to buy small and medium sized US banks. What else can you do when you owe big time? Sell your assets to your creditors.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... Ms Roadley said. "There was a comment from key banking analyst Meredith Whitney saying that she saw downside risk in the banks and she wasn't as excited about them as she was 12 months ago," she said. "But really, it shouldn't be factoring in too much ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... $39.56, while rival Rio Tinto had risen $1.39 to $70.91. A record gold price, pushed higher by expectations that cental banks are likely to begin buying the metal, peaked at $US1,125.30 per ounce. The local spot price of gold at noon was $US1,123.00 ...