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Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
While big ticket items like the GST, Carbon Tax and Mining Tax may not have been up for discussion, there was still plenty to talk about for the wealth management industry as Government heads and industry leaders gathered at the 2011 Tax Forum. Treasurer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
The Australian share market has extended its gains from early trade as investors return to equities on renewed optimism a solution is near at hand on the eurozone debt crisis. The local bourse opened more than one per cent higher on Thursday after Wall ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." (George W. Bush) Ok, stop giggling now, we all know what the former US President ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
A sea of red swamped the world's equity markets - from New York to Rio and old London town - over the past 24 hours. As I've been warning the past few weeks, the global economy is weakening, the odds of another recession has increased and this is sapping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open little changed - or lower if it follows the slides on international markets overnight. At 0651 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,106. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Change is the only constant. Many of you gentle readers would have noticed the change in my stance these past few weeks - not overnight as reader Paul accuse - over the state of the global economy and financial markets. Let me explain why am not in ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Now that's what I'm talking about. See what a little concerted, decisive action does. Global equity markets rallied following news that the European Central Bank, in coordination with the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher on Thursday following gains on Wall Street overnight and halting Wednesday's losses. At 0710 AEST on Thrusday, the September share price index futures contract was up 72 points at 4,088. In economics news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
US stocks plunged on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding more than 300 points, as global stock markets were stung by fresh anxiety in the eurozone over Greece's bailout. The Dow fell 303.68 points (2.69 per cent) to close at 10,992.13. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
The Australian market looks set to open flat on Wednesday, if it follows Tuesday's local trend and after only a 20 point rise on the US market overnight. At 0719 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 14 points ...