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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... significant US non-farm payrolls figures due in the offshore session. "Risk assets will either get the green light or the red light when US non-farm payrolls are released," Mr Waterer said. "A print of sub-fifty thousand jobs would definitely put the ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... than before, on average, in advanced countries." But what do developed countries do when their balance sheets are painted red and their economies aren't growing fast enough to generate the much needed tax revenue to help pay down this debt? Lagarde isn't ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... enjoyed an early rally after a report on US manufacturing beat expectations, but the gains faded and markets went into the red amid concern over Friday's data on US nonfarm payrolls and unemployment. Economic data from around the world was mixed on Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... fell to 110.54 yen from 110.77 yen. Oil was mixed amid concerns over geopolitical tensions after Iran dispatched ships to the Red Sea on a patrol mission saying it would "display the capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran". New York's main contract ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Manufacturing has just had it's Gerry Harvey moment and no amount of pro-protectionist inquiries is going to help it wind back the clock to the lazy Australian economic daze of the 1950s. In January famed business entrepreneur Gerry Harvey fronted a ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
World equity markets hold only $57 trillion, one-third less than the $90 trillion in world bond markets, so it might be time we paid a bit more attention to where the real money is. Like how despite the frenzy for more debt as governments scrambled ...

FOFA: Opt-in obligations, ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... Act. "These reforms are in fact a growth strategy for the financial planning industry," Shorten said "They also remove the red tape that has prevented low-cost, good quality advice being delivered to millions of Australians." The exposure draft and explanatory ...

Industry body applauds move to define financial planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
The government will release a public consultation paper on defining the term 'financial planner' by law, obliging advisers to prove their credentials before offering services to clients. The Treasury has drawn praise from industry bodies for announcing ...

Metlife only a phone call away

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
MetLife Insurance has introduced a tele-assessment insurance claims service, adding to their suite of customer focused initiatives. The new service features direct to member communication about their claim on the phone, enabling customers to obtain ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Until the US housing market starts to right itself it's unlikely US consumers are going to gain too much confidence and without confidence the chance of economic recovery will remain a forlorn dream. House prices are still down 32% from their 2006 peak ...