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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
Australian stocks opened flat on Monday, with weakness among gold and metals companies offset by a firmer start from the info tech sector. At 1027 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 0.6 points, or 0.01 per cent, at 4,272.5 points, while the ...

Westpac posts $1.4 billion profit to December 31

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... attributed a $200 million fall in market related income to a "more challenging operating environment" but said it was partially offset by profits on asset sales, as well as "the accelerated recognition of establishment fees in the Institutional Bank". ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
The Australian market opened marginally lower in quite trade on Friday, with gains in the gold and telecoms sectors offset by weakness among metals and minerals, and materials stocks. At 1028 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down seven points ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... creeps back up and you have capital loss from buying at these levels...and there's no appreciation that's going to help you offset inflation, which is obviously a drag on everyone's savings."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... 2,848.27. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply higher on Wednesday as positive Chinese manufacturing helped to offset concerns over dragging talks on a crucial Greek debt write-down deal. Dealers said hopes of a soft landing for the Chinese ...

Super tax concessions in spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... annuities and deferred annuities, according to a joint statement issued by Treasurer Swan and Minister Shorten. Savings to offset any cost to the federal budget of the additional concessions would however need to come from within the superannuation system ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... following the US Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates at "exceptionally low levels" for at least two years offset by profit-taking. The euro was also up after the US central bank move, despite Greece's ongoing struggle to agree a writedown ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... same for the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF). According to S&P: "We consider that credit enhancements that would offset what we view as the now-reduced creditworthiness of the EFSF's guarantors and securities backing the EFSF's issues are currently ...

Omniwealth provides planning tools for independents

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... advisers to increase the scope of their advice. Advisers should also be able to reduce their dealer group fees through an offset program that refers clients to additional services. In related news, the group has launched its Omniwealth Investment Committee ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... European shares closed mixed and the euro tumbled in choppy trade on Tuesday as fresh jitters over the eurozone debt crisis offset a better-than-expected German investor confidence report. In London, the FTSE-100 index closed up 1.15 per cent at 5,490.15 ...