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APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has appointed Dr Katrina Ellis its new head of research. Dr Ellis replaces former head of research Dr Neil Esho, who was seconded to the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision in Switzerland. He ...

Governments lag on CSR

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
A new report from market research company Opinion Leaders shows investor groups are far more supportive of corporate social responsibility (CSR) than governments, especially regarding policies on carbon emissions. However, the report, which surveyed ...

Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... economist Erik Nielsen praised the move that by day's end had the rate trading around 4.1 per cent. He told The Wall Street Journal "In my view, this is outstanding central banking by the ECB and ought to provide a lot of comfort to the market." With ...

Economic round-up: Cheeseburger bill meets fat tax

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... how a fat tax levy added to a third of the food chain could, by affecting buying habits, stem the tide of obesity. The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health's Dr Mike Rayner said, "We already have health-related taxes for cigarettes and alcohol ...

Call for papers

The Financial Standard is calling papers for the upcoming editions of the Journal of Financial Planning and the Journal of Investment Strategy. The Journal of Financial Planning publishes papers on the topics of applied financial planning, consumer ...

Ignore economics, investors are herders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... analysts and market watchers who think otherwise are making a huge mistake, according to a new study published in the Journal of Behavioral Finance. In particular, The Financial/Economic Dichotomy in Social Behavioral Dynamics: The Socionomic Perspective ...

Industry funds publish pocket super guide

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
The Industry Super Network has released a concise new handbook answering common superannuation queries. The 50 crucial answers you need publication aims to provide simple answers to superannuation issues in plain English, without jargon and in an accessible ...

Analyse this: Dow Jones

... refinements to the way many institutions do their quantitative market analysis. Dow Jones & Company publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. It also owns Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Dow Jones Client ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... unexpected growth in manufacturing and a surprise $US5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co Inc, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 73.23 points, or 0.56 per cent, at 13,136.14. The ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... $US5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co Inc by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. The offer for the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, which sent Dow Jones shares surging more than 54 per cent, was the latest in a wave of takeover proposals, suggesting to some ...