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The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
My, my, hey, hey, rock n' roll is here to stay - or in our case Europe's sovereign debt, fiscal deficit, financial, banking, economic, political and social crisis. You name the crisis. One or more members of the Eurozone's got one, or more, or all of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... market as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the release of Chinese data due later on Friday (AEST). "This is our big trading partner reporting data today," Mr Smith said from Brisbane. "It looks like a sanguine kind of a day until we get fully ...

UK pension reforms tackle longevity crisis

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after the US and European bourses fell as investors sought shelter from strains in the eurozone driven by political upheaval in France and Greece. At 0855 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

China needs active management: Fidelity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... "The Chinese government has [now] been encouraging state owned enterprises to engage in buybacks," said Yeung. "During the big Labor holiday on May 1, the regulators of the Shanghai exchange announced changes including changing the IPO rules so the three-month ...

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... turnaround, according to the government, is improved targeting of selected welfare and tax concession programs, deferral of some big ticket defence procurement and canceling the 1% corporate tax rate reduction which the government wasn't able to get ...

Gap increasing between consumers and cost of advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
The amount Australians are prepared to pay for financial advice is falling with the gap between expected and actual cost getting bigger, according to Investment Trends latest report. For those looking to develop a comprehensive financial plan for the ...

You beauty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... the hat, enabling the government to return the "budget to surplus on time and as promised". While there are some groups - big business and high-income earners, and oh, middle Australia too - that wouldn't be partaking as Wayne "shares the benefits of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... deals, the euro dropped to $US1.3005 from $US1.3052 in New York late on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed after big losses the previous day on eurozone uncertainty. Tokyo climbed 0.69 per cent, or 62.51 points, to 9,181.65, Sydney gained ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... analyst Cameron Peacock said the local market had bounced back on Tuesday, after US stocks closed higher than expected. "The big disaster that everyone expected didn't eventuate so we've had a bit of a bounce this morning," he said. US stocks closed ...