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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Australian shares opened stronger, buoyed by overnight leads and hopes the European Central Bank will take action soon to relieve the euro zone debt crisis. At 1015 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.6 points, or 0.15 per cent ...

No roadblocks to success: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Mathias Cormann, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, came out swinging yesterday, accusing the Federal government of implementing "chaotic and unpredictable" regulations. Cormann swore a "blood oath ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened slightly lower as investors wait to see if stimulus measures will be introduced in Europe and the US. At 1014 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.6 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 4,263.6 ...

ASIC boosts Stronger Super education program

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has developed several initiatives to inform and educate the superannuation industry through the implementation of the Stronger Super reforms. The regulator's decision to assist the industry with complying ...

"Bad apples" slipping through the cracks: ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
The corporate regulator has put licensees on notice, saying there is growing concern that "bad apples" in the industry are slipping through the cracks because of poor reference checking when advisers swap between groups. At the Association of Financial ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Uh-oh, looks like the EU has not kicked that pestering debt crisis can far enough down the road. Wasn't it only a few days ago (last Friday) that they approved Spain's a,-100 billion bail? And not even a month has passed since their announcement of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street finished the week down around one per cent. At 0755 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 4,144. In economic news on Monday, the Australian ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The management of the Australian Property Growth Fund is refusing to disclose its register of unit holders in defiance of an Australian Securities & Investments Commission order, said the directors of CYRE Trilogy. Bank of Queensland Chairman Neil Summersen ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
The Australian share market opened flat on the back of a mixed night of overseas trading. At 1040 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.6 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,100.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 2.4 points ...

GS, Citi appointed for NSW elec, coal mine sales

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
Goldman Sachs will advise the NSW government on the $3bn sale of the State's electricity generators while Citigroup will act as specialist financial adviser on the sale or lease of the Cobbora coal mine development. "The sale of the State's electricity ...