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Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... growth in America and recession in Euroland. There's the falling price of commodities - especially iron ore (one of our major exports) - and declining terms of trade prompting resource and mining companies to defer or shelved altogether investment plans. ...

Former Count CEO joins Chase

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... the firm. Gale, who led the Scheme of Arrangement process by which CBA acquired Count late last year, said there will be a major change in ownership in both accounting and financial planning practices over the next five years. "Over 34% of financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for August is also due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia on Tuesday, stocks slid more than half a per cent, as falls among the big retail banks ...

Investment banking scale down: Barclays

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... plans to force banks to ring fence their retail activities, reported AAP. New Basel III rules will also require Europe's major banks to hold more cash as a safeguard against another financial crisis. Jenkins said that there were several external factors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... advertisements series for August plus the Reserve Bank of Australia commodity prices for August are also expected to be release. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed flat, with investors sidelined ahead of a global ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... consumer spending. But trading volume was light, the market's direction was steady, and there wasn't much in the way of major economic news. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to speak on Friday, and investors will be listening closely ...

ClearView positive about CCP takeover offer

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... approval and for CCP to have obtained a relevant interest in more than 50% of the company's shares," it said. ClearView's major shareholder, GPG (which holds 47.8% of the company's shares) has informed that it intends to accept the revised offer and ...

Call for change follows Perpetual 57% profit fall

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... volumes in equities markets, but had benefited from the reductions announced earlier in the year. Costs associated with the major restructure however, were the main factors impacting the net profit. "While the environment remains difficult, I have made ...

Financial Simplicity morphs into infrastructure solutions provider

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... individuals or advisers who assist groups of clients. "This has always been the institutional investment manager's expertise, but major platforms can't do this now because it undermines what they deliver," added Mahoney.

ASX appoints non-exec director

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... added that her expertise in public policy debates will be beneficial for the company as it navigates through a period of major change in financial market structure and regulation. The ASX said her appointment is part of its continuing Board renewal p ...