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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
The Australian share market was trading little changed at noon as gains by most financial stocks and Telstra were offset by BHP Billiton, the gold miners and supermarkets. The market had gained in early trading following a lift on Wall Street after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reassured investors about bank balance sheets. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 35 points ...

China caps executive pay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
Developed world economies looking for China to buy their bonds and save their economies could also look to the Asian tiger to solve the problem of excessive executive pay. The Ministry of Finance in China has ordered all state-owned financial institutions ...

Gilbert to retire

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive, Richard Gilbert, is retiring at the end of September. According to a statement by IFSA, Gilbert will take on a part-time role as associate director of IFSA from then on. It is understood ...

Commodities trading accountant jailed

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The former accountant and company secretary of the now defunct commodities trading group Bustan gets a two-and-a-half-year jail term for cooking the books. Claire Horsman, who worked for the Bustan Group between 1999 and 2001 received the jail sentence ...

Back to the drawing board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Crrr...unch! That's the sound of General Motors and Chrysler getting closer to becoming junk as the US government asks them to go back to the drawing board. The greed of missing out on the budding equity market rally was quickly replaced by fear of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower with US and European stock markets experiencing heavy falls on weaker economic sentiment. At 0725 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was down 57 points at 3,559. In ...

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
True to script, history has not failed us. Like in most episodes following widespread market upheavals, increased regulation makes a comeback for an encore. Taking advantage of the global disgust at the rapid erosion of wealth caused by 'inventive' ...

We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
'Can I just add my voice to this. I think the prime minister is incredibly, is A-plus on these issues. If we did what he advises, we'll all be in a better place.' Malcolm, eat your heart out. This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner patting the ...

Treasure for trash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Here comes the meat! US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner finally served up the meat to his 10 February bail-out barbecue fizzler. And the market saw that it was good. Equity markets around the world rallied following the unveiling of the details ...