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ETS is upside down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
If Australia wants its emissions trading system (ETS) to be effective in reducing the nation's greenhouse gas output, it should penalise emissions consumption not its production. Geoff Carmody, founder of Access Economics, told ABC Radio in Canberra ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
The Australian share market was close to one per cent higher at noon after shaky financial stocks changed direction to add to strong gains in the resources sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had gained 42.9 points, or 0.88 per cent to 4,918.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell overnight following a hefty jump in wholesale inflation. At 0734 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September share price index futures contract was down 35 points at ...

Super fund asset allocation on hold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
The country's major asset consultants said super fund trustees are not rushing to change their overall asset allocation strategies post the sub-prime crisis although some are placing fixed income assets under closer review. Financial Standard interviewed ...

Embracing derivatives: South Korea

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
The South Korean derivatives market is on the cusp of a major boom - but investors will have to overcome a lack of education and increased risk before cashing in on the revolution. According to the South Korean Retail Investment Market report by Celent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market was up slightly at noon, weighed down by the banking sector. Wall Street pared early losses and ended slightly higher overnight as a drop in oil prices helped restrain fresh worries about the financial sector. At 1200 AEST ...

Impact Investing global yet local

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
Impact Investing's portfolio decision toolset software will continue to be based and developed in Australia even after their acquisition by BlackRock Solutions. Tom Fortin, managing director of BlackRock Solutions, said the uniqueness of Impact Investing ...

Returns stats should show impact of advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
A review of APRA's return on assets (ROA) statistics commissioned by IFSA has recommended the regulator publish actual gross and net fund performance figures so consumers can compare the impact of advice. The report, produced by the International Centre ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the Australian Labour Force report today. Market expectations centre on a meager 5K increase in jobs in July and the unemployment rate to rise to 4.3 percent. This forecast represents a softening from ...

SMSF trustee faces criminal charges

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
Castle Hill resident Atan Ona Kassongo has become the first SMSF trustee to be charged by ASIC for failing to maintain the fund in accordance with the sole purpose test. Kassongo, 51, was charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...