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Pain in Spain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... revenues. Reduced government revenues means slower progress on reducing the fiscal deficit. The good news is that the European Union and the International Monetary Fund has money on the ready while Spain and other high fiscal spending countries battle ...

Budget underwhelms planning groups

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... tax discount to 50 per cent on up to $1,000 of interest earned on deposits held in any bank, building society or credit union from July 2011. The tax discount also applies to bonds, debentures and annuity products. For a person earning an average pre-tax ...

Cuscal opens FX payment platform

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Cuscal has teamed up with J.P. Morgan to provide its retail financial institution clients with a platform to assist with the payment and receipt of foreign currency. The wholesale transactional services provider, which services the majority of Australia's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... European stock markets in the wake of powerful rallies on Monday triggered by a eurozone rescue plan unveiled by the European Union and International Monetary Fund's to ward off debt crises. After opening with modest losses, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... Heffernan said the market had been buoyed by the European bailout, with the exception of resources stocks. The European Union put up $US1 trillion ($A1.11 trillion) on Monday to contain its spreading government debt crisis and keep it from tearing the ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... awed. Yes, Virginia, this was how speculators felt when they were forced to cover their short positions after the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US Federal Reserve threw the proverbial kitchen sink at them. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market was almost two per cent stronger at noon after moves by the European Union and the IMF quelled investor concern about the debt of some eurozone economies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 84.9 points, or 1.89 per ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... extrapolate all the way down to the bowels of hell. But no! Something is being done. As I write this piece, the European Union is reportedly scrambling to hammer out a coordinated plan -- costing 560 billion -- to prevent the Greek crisis from spreading ...

Investment managers gain fraud insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Investment managers can insure the rogue traders or internal fraudsters after a local firm launched its suite of insurance products for financial services providers. Zurich Financial Services (Australia) launched two insurance options to the market ...

Mining royalties should go into SWF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... fund. Speaking on the ABC TV discussion program Q&A this week, Paul Howes, national secretary of the Australian Workers' Union and trustee of the $30 billion industry fund Australian Super, said an option we should explore is putting the royalties into ...