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Potential for surprise financial crisis high

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... Monetary Fund's recent analysis, according to speakers at yesterday's Morningstar Investment Conference. The potential for a surprise financial crisis in Australia is higher than it's been for the past 20 years, according to Dan Needham, managing director ...

Mexican standoff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012

ASIC flags guidance on code approval

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... approved code from starting to consider how they can work to make their code consistent with FOFA." "It will not come as a surprise to hear that at this early stage our view is that obviating the need for opt-in via subscribing to a code does not mean ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... between May and end-September. Incidentally, I found the same observations hold true for Australian and European equity. Surprise, surprise. They follow where Wall Street treads, do they not? But not only that, according to the Stock Trader's Almanac ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... recession. Markit's Eurozone PMI fell to 46 in April against expectations of a 28.1 reading and 47.7 in the previous month. Surprise, surprise. Surprise, surprise too for China's PMI. HSBC's flash estimate showed the index unexpectedly rose to 49.1 this ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
The Australian share market opened slightly higher following gains for the mining giants and despite falls on Wall Street. At 1013 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.9 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,355.6 points, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower as nervousness over the eurozone's debt crisis resurfaces following news that Italy's recession will be worse than expected and Spain's bad loan ratio is at an 18-year high. At 0808 AEST on Thursday, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
Australian stocks have opened more than one per cent higher after a successful Spanish bond auction eased concerns over the euro zone debt crisis. At 1012 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49.3 points, or 1.15 per cent, at 4,338.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
The Australian dollar is three quarters of a US cent higher after a successful Spanish bond auction reduced fears of a fresh European debt crisis. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the currency was trading at 103.89 US cents, up from 103.14 cents on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... ease monetary policy, dealers said. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares followed the global rally in stock markets after a surprise first-quarter profit for aluminium producer Alcoa. An upbeat view from the Federal Reserve's regional breakdown of the US ...