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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... was lifted from the market late in the day, when the Senate passed and sent to President Barack Obama the financial regulation bill. A series of disappointing economic reports had sent the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 100 points in late trading. ...

IFSA rebrands to the Financial Services Council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... that would be offset by removal of more state taxes. The FSC will additionally seek to prevent unnecessary financial regulation from being introduced by the government as a result of the experiences in the US and Europe. Brogden cited the bank transaction ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... euro. Fat finger. German ban on naked shorts. Spanish bank bailout. Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Tighter US financial regulation. And coming to a theatre near you...renewed tension in the Korean Peninsula and rising LIBOR rates. Take your pick. It's so ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... US$34.61, its shares briefly touched US$100,000 before closing at US$33." Greece? Global Sovereign Crisis? Financial Regulation? China Slowdown? Double-dip? The machines trounce them all. This is but a snippet of what could happen when machines are given ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... booked profits on worries that fraud charges against Goldman Sachs may increase the likelihood of tighter US financial regulation. Market players said the Nikkei was ripe for profit-taking after surging to an 18-month peak earlier this month, in a rally ...

No proof lack of regulation caused GFC: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... Lewis said continuing to focus on 'nuts and bolts' practical issues is a key to how successful Australian financial regulation has been and how it should work in the future. "We realise that APRA's conservatism can - at times - be an irritant to business ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... deficits grow louder. The past week saw proposals for sweeping financial reforms in the US, calls for tighter financial regulation in the UK and powers to break up 'too big to fail' banks in Switzerland. Naturally, financial markets became concerned ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... volatile trade as the credit rating and outlook of 22 banks were lowered and President Barack Obama unveiled financial regulation reform plans. Market action began after the Labor Department said its consumer price index (CPI) rose a modest 0.1 per cent ...

US pensions fight for trust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... pension funds which invest $1.4 trillion in global markets have combined their muscle to create a set of five financial regulation principles aimed at restoring investor trust. The ten funds, which include heavyweights California Public Employees' Retirement ...

Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... responsibility for financial system stability and the IMF should embed "globally agreed best practice standards of financial regulation - and [be] assessed by the International Monetary Fund." Finally, the prime minister said there must be clear incentives ...