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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... stocks, down 1.63 per cent according to Iress data, while financials stocks had backpedalled 1.1 per cent. Industrials, another big market contributor, was off 1.09 per cent. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,612.10 per ounce, up $US23.36 from ...

Bank of Melbourne relaunches with plans for 90 new branches

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... country, they have at least 22% market share in every state except Victoria where the share is closer to 13%." "There's a big need in Victoria for a local regional bank," he said. St George had 41 retail branches and five corporate banking centres in ...

Advisers expect profits to climb 10pc despite FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
Advisers expect profits to climb by 10% in the next financial year with optimism within the industry at record high levels, despite talk of regulatory doom and gloom plaguing its future. The Macquarie Practice Consulting's 2011 Financial Planning Practices ...

Real estate may cause super tax headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
Real estate investments within superannuation would cause the biggest issue when pension-phase funds revert to accumulation on the death of the member, a self-managed super fund expert said today. David Busoli, national head of education for Cavendish ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... she's having" and ask for haircuts of their own? And so we're back to square one. The bottom line is that Europe remains one big mess. It might look better today but it'll continue to spark intermittent jitters on financial markets. Just you wait. But ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was higher at noon, buoyed by a strong lead from Wall St and a new deal in Europe to manage the sovereign debt issue. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 37.9 points, or 0.83 per cent, at 4,593.9 ...

Deal or no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... opposition and then, it's back to no deal. Boo! However -- and I've said this many times before - they will deal. Because as Big Benny says not dealing would have "catastrophic" effects. FOMC voting member Charles Plosser sums it up best, "It could be ...

Commonwealth Private access IRESS

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The private banking arm of the Commonwealth Bank has become the latest big-name client for financial technology firm IRESS Market Technology, giving their advisers access to new tools. IRESS spent six months working with Commonwealth Private, which ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... the regulator and asked - and they were flummoxed," he said. Russell later told Financial Standard that it doesn't make a big difference, though his preference is for the July option. At one point during the mergers, Russell had to lodge three tax returns ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... enjoyed its strongest one-day rally this year, driven by robust earnings from companies like IBM and Coca-Cola. Wednesday's big winner was Apple, whose shares surged 2.7 per cent after it reported that its second-quarter profit soared to $US7.31 billion ...