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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... between local councils and Lehman Brothers over losses suffered as a result of Lehman's collapse during the global financial crisis. In Australia on Tuesday, the share market closed lower, back below the key 5000 point level, on profit-taking after weaker ...

More super funds to introduce performance pay: survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... insight to how super fund executives are being remunerated in the last two years - a period that witnessed a global financial crisis but also continuing industry growth. More than 90 funds, including industry, corporate and public sector funds with up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... on Monday, the share market's bellwether index closed above 5,000 points for the first time since the global financial crisis over 18 months ago, driven by stronger resource stocks. The broad-based All Ordinaries index closed up 38.7 points, or 0.78 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... index at noon on Monday had pushed upwards through the 5,000-point barrier for the first time since the global financial crisis. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 33.4 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 4,981.5 points, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... S&P/ASX200's highest close since September 24, 2008, when it finished at 4,981.9 amid the height of the global financial crisis. The broader All Ordinaries touched an 18-month high of 4,991.1 points at 1359 AEST on Wednesday and closed up 9.1 points ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... adds to economic growth. And Greece? That's Europe's problem. Yes but. But what? Australia survived the global financial crisis...it would survive Greece. And I repeat, the European Union would not let Greece fall into ruins - if not the European Union ...

ING focuses on executive governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... ING Group struggling to repay $40 billion in government bail out funds late last year as a result of the global financial crisis. The bank announced a "Back to Basics" program that outlined a separation between the banking and insurance businesses, which ...

On the shoulders of giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... and key segments of the population such as women and indigenous communities. Howes admits that given the global financial crisis, it would be unrealistic to push for 15 per cent SG today through tax cuts but there are other ways: more employer contributions ...

Hall charts new value investing model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... Sydney last week, Hall said the traditional approach to value investing is no longer useful due to the global financial crisis. "We used to think we were fishing in a nice smooth pond and it was a gentle process of reeling in the fish and we found out ...

Just cash, thanks

TYNDALL RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... label 'cash' weren't what they seemed - but investors discovered that only after the GFC. "During the global financial crisis it became apparent that many cash funds were investing in assets such as mortgage-backed securities or asset-backed commercial ...