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Treasury proposes mandatory governance principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
Treasury is examining whether the ASX's corporate governance principles should extend to all 500 companies in the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index instead of the top 300 companies as part of a broader review of the audit industry. The Commonwealth Treasury's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market was relatively flat at noon on Tuesday in the absence of major leads. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 2.9 points higher, by 0.06 per cent, at 4,810.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had lifted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street and oil prices flat in afternoon trade but metals prices weaker. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
The Australian share market was almost one per cent higher at noon, led by the major resources stocks, as BHP Billiton secured a coking coal contract and Arrow Energy received a takeover offer. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 42.2 ...

Women make up 30 pc of trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
Days after Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young called for 40 per cent of board directors of Australia's Top 200 ASX listed companies to be women, research by Rainmaker released today on International Women's Day confirmed that not even not-for-profit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 65 points higher at 4,840. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, supported by gains among resources and financial stocks. At 1210 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had climbed 25.2 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 4,775.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher with Wall Street posting modest gains in late afternoon trade amid negative home sales data and positive news on retail sales and unemployment benefits. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Rise of mini-mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... invested back in February last year. "The markets have rallied since but, if you remember back then, some were predicting the ASX Ords could fall to 3,000 [it's 4,700 today], so the advisers captured that upside that they wouldn't have got if they didn't ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
The Australian share market was marginally weaker at noon in a mixed trading session but stronger commodity prices provided a lift to resources stocks. At 1202 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.2 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 4,728.5 points ...