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Too much ado over MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
Dissected, defended, derided. The MYEFO (Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook) 2012-2013 received all these, and then some. It's good. It's bad. It's a revenue grab. It's responsible policy. It's a fiscal drag. It'll lower interest rates. Be scared. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Aust stocks 0.73% lower at noon The Australian share market was lower at noon after falls in Europe and drops in commodity prices. At 1201 on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 33.2 points, or 0.73 per cent, at 4,637.9 points, while the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on the European markets overnight on easing euro zone debt crisis concerns ahead of a two-day EU summit and Wall Street remained in positive territory. At 0810 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

AFA names Female Excellence in Advice finalists

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), in conjunction with TAL Life, has named the six finalist of this year's 2012 Female Excellence in Advice Award. The Award is about encouraging more women to consider financial advice as a career, to champion ...

Labor's $30bn secret super tax plan revealed

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann is calling on Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten to come clean to Australians that they have to pay $30 billion in increased super taxes to assist the Labor government to pay for its $120 billion budget black ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Was it good? Or was it bad? I refer, of course, to that mother of all eco stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - the one that'll guide financial market activity, if not through the end of this year or longer, at least until next month. It was good. ...

MMADX appoints head of sales

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
The Money Market and Debt eXchange has appointed Mark McCarthy as head of sales to its Sydney office. McCarthy has 25 years experience in trading and managing risk in precious metals swaps, FX forwards, short-term interest rate markets and credit trading. ...

Australia can't afford complacency: Murray

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Former Future Fund chairman David Murray has warned that Australia is far too dependent on the rest of the world for both trade and capital to be assured of avoiding a European-style crisis. Speaking to the ABC last night, Murray said a downturn of ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
The stars appear to be aligning for those calling on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to give official interest rates another chop when they meet to deliberate on monetary policy next week. Let's start with the minutes of the 4 September meeting. ...

New Aus equities product for BGC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
A license to offer equity options and cash equities products has been granted to global brokerage company BGC Partners (BGC) by the Australian Securities Exchange. Set to launch 1 October, BGC said the products would boost the firm's range of over-the-counter ...