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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... havens. On the ASX 24 at 0723 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 49 points higher at 4,851. There is no major economics news scheduled for release on Friday. In equities news, the hearing continues in the Federal Court in Sydney of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... Commonwealth Bank of Australia release their Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI) for February. There is no major equities news scheduled on Thursday, however in the Federal Court in Sydney, the hearing continues between Lehman Brothers ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
Wall Street welcomed March with a big drop with the three major indices down about 1.5 per cent on the day. Oh boy, here we go again. News services were all over the place blaming the renewed spike in crude. Oil spiked - again! - because of reports ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
Australian stocks were lower by noon as tensions in the Middle East and rising oil prices weigh down the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 34.6 points, or 0.72 per cent, at 4,791.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Rethink before you rebuild

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... homogeneity combined with complexity sets off warning bells about unsustainability." Diplock said old thinking by regulators is a major reason why they missed the warning signs in the global financial system prior to the GFC. They were missed because ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... market analyst Julianna Roadley said uncertainty about the turmoil in Libya and its potential impacts on oil prices and major global economies remained a concern for investors. "We actually saw a lot of strength coming back into the (US) market in the ...

ASIC bans former Storm adviser

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... strategy without considering the suitability of the strategy for individual clients. The basis of the finding represents a major precedent that could have significant flow-on effects across the industry. Drummond was also found to have induced clients ...

SG war far from over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... responding to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Peter Anderson who wrote in an open letter in a major newspaper that, "The superannuation industry claims that compulsory levies should fund retirement incomes, not choices ...

ATO shifts gears on SMSF regos

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... changes would take time. "A big upgrade of systems would be needed to implement all the changes suggested. It would need a major upgrade of our super computer program," said D'Ascenzo.

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... global oil supply. Saudi Arabia alone has more than enough in excess reserve to fill the gap. The problem is that other major oil-producing nations like Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iran are also in the thick of protests for regime change. Round and ...