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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... a debt crisis. Mr Burrowes said traders were now waiting for the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) August board meeting, due on Tuesday. "The RBA board minutes will be pretty key for the Aussie dollar, given the market has about 50 basis ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... successfully used to protect a portfolio against the turmoil striking international share markets, a top executive from the Chicago Board Options Exchange said yesterday. Volatility as measured by the CBOE volatility index (VIX) surged more than it ever ...

Delaney retires amid MTAA board restructure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Michael Delaney is to step down as chief executive officer of MTAA Super in November as part of a major board restructure at the fund. A successor for Delaney, who has been in charge of MTAA since its inception in 1989, will be found later this year ...

Trio chair ban and Richard jailed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... trusts managed by Trio Capital as well as self-managed superannuation funds and direct investors. Andrews was chair of Trio's board and a member of its risk and investments committee at that time. "We believe Mr Andrews failed in his duties as officer ...

PFS consultants take equity stakes

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
Independent consultancy firm Professional Financial Solutions has appointed four new directors, all of whom are senior consultants at the firm. Martin Fitzpatrick, Thach Huynh, Rebecca Johnstone and Simone Knight will also become new equity partners ...

Social media insurance wanted for share price protection

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
The potential negative of impact social media on a company's share price has lead to the development of social media insurance protection products, but Australian boards still want more access online. Under discussion at the Association of Chartered ...

Praemium appoints new CEO as platform business booms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... them happy as they can see what they are getting for the fee." Praemium has also added Bruce Parncutt as a non-executive board member and appointed Gresham Advisory Partners as its corporate adviser.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to follow Wall Street into another day of steep declines, after New York indices all plunged by around six per cent overnight. At 0721 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was 153 ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... of 20%. Anyways, let me conclude this piece with US officials' take on Standard & Poor's downgrade: "Joint Press Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation National Credit Union Administration Office ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... "Everything that's leveraged to the global growth scenario is getting absolutely pummelled," Mr Le Brun said. "Stocks across the board are being marked down... It's very much a macro approach being taken by investors." At 1200 AEST, energy stocks were ...