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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... in part to the US and European region, especially out of Greece with concerns of a potential default. That didn't do anything to help banks across the globe," he said. "So at the moment, there's a lot of fear in the markets and that's hurting all areas." ...

Future Fund not for sale: Wong

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... Estimates hearing when questioning Finance Department head, David Tune. Senator Cormann asked Tune whether there was anything unusual about the sale of non-financial assets other than the expected sale of digital spectrum. Tune replied there were estimates ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... accord is not an option, she warned, because it could lead to paralysis. Though you'd hardly expect a policymaker to say anything else. But Lagarde might be onto something with her observation the core issue this time is that the crisis now is different ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... (PMI) compiled by Markit fell to 49.0 points in August from 50.4 in July. Any score below 50 indicates contraction, while anything above suggests expansion. Only Germany, the Netherlands and Austria posted manufacturing growth, with France, Italy and ...

Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... want to bring the best ideas of the institutional market to the retail dealer groups, there is no competitor that has anything like that." Williams said Mercer would target all planners from boutique firms to private and major bank-aligned advisers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... appear before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics. "Our expectations for now is that he won't say anything too dramatic," he said. Mr Burrowes said he expected the Australian dollar to trade in a range between 104.50 US cents ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... does too. I don't think it'll simply twiddle its thumbs and let the economy tank without at least trying something... anything - it promised it would. We might not have long to wait. Jackson Hole is just a few sleepless nights away. That's on 26 Augu ...

Market dives on US downgrade, China demands new reserve currency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... financial crisis and said the US downgrade shouldn't be a surprise. "They're a lagging indicator, they don't tell us anything the market has not already factored in," he said. "Sure the US financial situation is quite severe but it's not acute. They ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... you believe in your heart of hearts that we'll see America print uglier stats than the one above. In this environment anything is possible, but at this point in time it's a long shot - a very long shot. Didn't we just see total US employment increase ...

Intrafund advice a sticking point for Stronger Super group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... should be up to the trustee to determine how much the service should be paid for," she said. She said advice was like anything: not everybody uses it but that intra-fund advice at a minimum must be provided as a service of the fund. "It's important that ...