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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Australian shares continued to fall from a sharply lower open on Monday, with banks stocks losing the most ground amid widespread selling. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 73.2 points, or 1.55 per cent, at 4,659 points, while the ...

Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... when things go wrong, with a surge of private indemnity insurance claims also occurring after the global financial crisis. Ben Graham, financial planning representative for Centric Wealth Advisers, said that setting clear expectations with the client ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... Japan's Nikkei index, which opened two per cent lower, when seven per cent falls had been predicted, said CMC Markets analyst Ben Le Brun. "I think what we're going to see is an environment of no news is good news for a little while'," he told AAP, referring ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... posted gains in its first session of the week, with strength from industrial and materials stocks. CMC Markets market analyst Ben Le Brun said market movements were hard to predict at the moment. "It's been really wishy-washy and quite hard to put a ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
"I've got chills, they're multiplying. And I'm losing control..." Grease. With European sovereign debt crisis still dangling over their heads like a "Damocles sword" - hey, isn't he Greek? - financial markets are again presented another source of worry. ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
United we stand, divided... the euro's sunk! Rambo. What was Germany thinking, going it alone to battle the battalions of speculators determined to burn the euro to the ground? Germany banned the naked short selling on European government bonds, shares ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
The Australian share market had fallen back below the 5,000 point level at noon on across-the-board losses amid concerns surrounding the Europe-wide flight ban. Also driving a heavy sell-off in early trade were lower oil and gold prices, and a negative ...

12 Apostles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009

VFMC suffers portfolio losses

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
The $30 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) took the full brunt of the stockmarket slump when it posted a 28 per cent loss in its Australian equities portfolio for the financial year to 31 March - and a 29 per cent loss in international ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open flat after investors in the US and Europe turned cautious on the impact of swine flu. US stocks fell slightly while European and Asian markets recorded modest gains. At 0733 AEST, on the Sydney Futures ...