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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... was closed on Monday. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed higher on Monday as dealers picked up bargains after last week's heavy losses caused by the Japanese nuclear crisis. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 384.99 points, or 1.73 per cent, to 22,685.22 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
The Australian market is set to open higher on Friday with world markets up overnight after a week of heavy losses due to the nuclear concerns in Japan, and commodity markets were also stronger. On the ASX 24 at 0745 AEDT, the March share price index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian market is set for heavy falls when it opens on Thursday with world markets again diving due to fears of a nuclear crisis in Japan. On the ASX 24 at 0733 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 4,491, indicating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... from the earthquake -- which was the most powerful ever recorded in Japan. Shares in European re-insurance groups posted heavy losses, with Munich Re losing 4.28 percent to 111.75 euros, while Frankfurt's DAX index dropped 1.16 percent. Swiss Re fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... per cent), hitting 11,984.61 at the close, while the broader S&P 500 gave up 24.91 (1.89 per cent) at 1,295.11. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 50.70 (1.84 per cent) to 2,701.02. Basic materials stocks like mining firms -- whose incomes are often ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... points (1.59 per cent) higher at 12,258.20, while the broader S&P 500 index rose 22.53 (1.72 per cent) to 1,330.97. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 50.67 points (1.84 per cent) at 2,798.74. The market jump came as new data releases strengthened ...

Super heavyweights reach out to younger members

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) hosted a roundtable for superannuation heavyweights yesterday as it prepares for its sponsorship of Youth Week in April, aimed at engaging younger Australians and their super. Held yesterday, the forum involved representatives ...

Opposition slams opt-in policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... Gale, who agreed that clients should have the right to set their own terms of engagement. Describing opt-in as "really bad, heavy-handed public policy", Rantall noted that no other profession employs an obligatory opt-in policy and called for the 'best ...

RI Advice Group targets WA practices

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... readying all our practices, but technology is going to be a critical enabler and we have restructured our business with a heavy focus on technology, integrating Xplan into the advice process," said Ornsby. RI is focused on its own growth rate, growing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... results from companies including Coca-Cola Amatil and WorleyParsons have limited declines on the Australian sharemarket after heavy falls in US equities overnight. At 1204 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.9 points, or 0.16 per cent, at ...