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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... investors have agreed to exchange their bonds for those with a lower face value and interest rate, meaning they will incur heavy losses.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has climbed higher as investors appear to be looking past Greece's negotiations with bondholders and Australia's jobs figures. At 1200 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17.2 points, or 0.42 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened sharply lower, after US markets suffered their biggest losses since November, on more worries over Europe. At 1017 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 43.2 points, or 1.03 per cent, at 4,161.5 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open down more than one per cent following heavy falls on Wall Street overnight with investors nervous of a euro zone recession and Greece's debt-swap deal. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... 3.94 points (0.03 per cent) to 12,976.36. The broad-based S&P 500 lost 4.23 (0.31 per cent) to 1,369.86, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 12.78 points (0.43 per cent) to 2,976.19. LONDON - European stock markets finished the week on a mixed ...

Earnings on the up for industrials

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... on, outlook for industrial stocks improved, although the performance of superannuation funds continues to be impacted by heavy equity exposure, according to a Deutsche Bank strategist. While industrial companies missed results expectations, the degree ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... the Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, closing up 1.25 per cent, or 30.08 points, at 2,439.63 on heavy turnover. China's central bank cut the reserve requirement ratio for commercial banks by 50 basis points from Friday to ease ...

Super accounts on path for consolidation: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... Pacific at DST Global Solutions According to the survey, the rollover process is seen as a "lengthy and cumbersome" one, heavy on paperwork and other time-consuming requirements, which often leads to Australians giving up on their efforts altogether. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... per cent) at 12,966.07. The broad-based S&P 500 finished up a bare 1.01 points (0.07 per cent) to 1,362.24, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped 3.21 (0.11 per cent) to 2,948.57. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower and the euro weakened ...

Managed funds have a place in SMSFs: Select

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... funds industry has done a poor job in addressing this." Yet many SMSF portfolios carry too much equity risk he said, with a heavy skew to Australian equities. While the Australian future fund carries just 10% of its portfolio in Australian equities ...