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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... confidence" in world finances. European heads at the G20 summit in Mexico also vowed to begin looking at a region-wide banking union as they attempted to soothe investor concerns over the debt-riddled eurozone. Tokyo rose 1.11 per cent, adding 96.44 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... investors moved their attention from Greece to Spain and upcoming meetings of the US central bank and leaders of the European Union. On Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 13.6 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4,123.3 points, while the broader All ...

SuperStream passes Lower House

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
Super Stream legislation passed through the Lower House yesterday but while the government is upbeat, the superannuation industry is still wary. The measures were contained in the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Stronger Super) Bill 2012 that ...

AIST working to improve board gender imbalance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, in partnership with Women in Super, has kicked off its one day 'Women on super boards program' workshop in Melbourne today. The workshop is developed for women who are interested in learning about ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... crisis fix that was unsustainable. She stressed Europe would only find a way out of the crisis with a strong "political union" with greater fiscal co-ordination and oversight and insisted "financing growth with new borrowing must stop." The president ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... to lead the eurozone out of its crisis, according to recent reports. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, European Union president Herman Van Rompuy, EU Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso and Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker were tasked last ...

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... the introduction of MySuper on 1 July 2013," he said. "At present APRA has greater supervisory powers over a small credit union than a multi-billion dollar superannuation fund." The Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Obligations and Prudential ...

Aus investors over-reacting on Euro fears

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... elsewhere in the world. "When investors periodically refocus on the problems in Europe and risk of the breakdown of the currency union, the market reverts back to the Lehman failure and the seizing-up of the financial plumbing of the world economy," ...

Grexit sends investors running for bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... control of the government, it will put them in a position to abandon previously agreed austerity measures. The European Union and International Monetary Fund have both indicated that if austerity measures are not followed, Greece's funding could be cut ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... leaders, meeting at the US president's retreat at Camp David on Saturday, said they wanted Athens to stay part of the currency union and urged it to stick to bailout terms. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 8.05 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 3493.38.