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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after a flat result on Wall Street overnight with investors waiting to see if Europe's central bank plans to introduce stimulatory measures. At 0818 AEST on Thursday, the September share price ...

Swift resolution sought on Storm trial

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Lawyers representing ASIC, the Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie and Bank of Queensland are expected to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow ahead of Federal Court proceedings on the 2008 collapse of Storm Financial. The meeting will attempt to negotiate a ...

Ord Minnett conspired to take us over: Wilson HTM notifies court

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
Ord Minnett planned to take over fellow broker, Wilson HTM, by paying sign on fees to poach its advisers, said Wilson HTM in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday. Five Wilson employees were paid approximately $5.4 million by Ord Minnett, the court heard. ...

APA, HDF tug-o-war continues

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
The tussle over Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF) continues, after the APA group again raised its bid for the infrastructure fund. Rival bidder Pipeline Partners Australia (PPA) now has until midnight tomorrow (Tuesday) to better APA's offer. ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Don't bother reading today about what Wall Street did last night - it didn't. 'Twas another DD (dull day) folks. Nothing new -- just that what's now become a too familiar refrain of investors fearing slowing global growth counterbalanced by hope that ...

Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Legal challenges face default super inquiry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
The changing role of Government in recommending default super funds in modern awards could lead to worker legal action against the Commonwealth. The Law Council of Australia issued the warning at public hearings held by the Productivity Commission (PC) ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Financial markets have again become Eurocentric - bobbing up and down on every blah that comes out of anybody who's somebody's lips. I don't think anybody could argue that Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is somebody. Thus, when he blahed to Germany's ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
"I know I'm just a fool who's willing to sit around and wait for you But baby can't you see, there's nothin' else for me to do, I'm hopelessly devoted to you..." - Olivia Newton John Yes, yes yo Virginia. After only a day of making their disappointments ...

If not now, when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
After all is said and done, much was said but nothing was done. Risk-takers have every reason to feel disappointed for none of the central banks - Fed, ECB, BOE -- that met this week walked their talk (the BOE though didn't do much talking). There weren't ...