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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... rose 0.66 per cent to 8,212.77 points and in Paris the CAC 40 increased 0.36 per cent in value to 3,855.09 points. The US Labor Department said its producer price index rose 0.8 per cent in June. The PPI index had climbed 0.5 per cent in May after two ...

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... are calling on brands and retailers to implement the internationally recognised core labour standard of the International Labor Organization (ILO). The Bangladesh Statement is a response to a series of accidents in Bangladesh garment factories over the ...

Labor and Libs joust over small business super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... Real Estate Institute of Australia calling it "a sensible move." The seeming popularity of this policy has prompted the Labor government to talk up its alternative scheme: the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House. The Clearing House uses Medicare ...

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... 18-19 June FOMC meeting contained the same old song: "Many members indicated that further improvement in the outlook for the labor market would be required before it would be appropriate to slow the pace of asset purchases." But "Several members judged ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... Fed chief Ben Bernanke. Yet, the minutes noted, "many members indicated that further improvement in the outlook for the labor market would be required" before a reduction in the asset purchases would be merited. LONDON - European stock markets fell while ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... to 1631.89, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 35.71 (1.04 per cent) to 3479.38. The gains came after the Labor Department reported the US economy added 195,000 jobs in June, well above the consensus estimate of 166,000 jobs. The report ...

Opposition challenges Labor to review Trio fraud

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann has called on new Treasurer Chris Bowen to review the Gillard government's response to the Trio Capital scandal. Described as the "largest superannuation fraud in Australian history" ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... smell the pavement being prepared for fiscal stimulus if necessary. According to The Age, "Treasurer Chris Bowen has recast Labor's economic message, warning of an uncertain outlook that will require "careful management"." "'The Reserve Bank still has ...

New Treasurer Bowen takes control of financial services and super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... assisting' position. "This continues the progressive downgrading of financial services and superannuation under the current Labor government, with a part-time Financial Services and Superannuation Minister in Bill Shorten over the past year," Cormann ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... steps. This could be because of the world's biggest central bankers' comforting words. This could be because of the change in Labor's leadership - not so much as the reinstallation of KRudd but more because it allows the ruling government to get on with ...