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Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Another day, another flat, uneventful day on Wall Street. Reports out overnight were mostly positive but these did not stop profit-taking on The Street. Good news on the US jobs front... but not good enough. Initial claims for unemployment insurance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is likely to open higher after the Dow Jones hit a two-month high on Monday. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 26 points at 4,502 points. In economics news on Tuesday ...

Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
The oversold Euro, market valuations that reflect lowered expectations, and an expected gradual decline in volatility currently make Asia one of the best investment hot spots for Aussie investors, said Seres Asset Management. With equities markets around ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Australian markets have received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0744 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 16 points lower at 4,429. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

US pension plan deficits rise in June

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... in equity values and the fall in AA bond yields is a five percentage point decline in funded status and may come as a surprise to many plan sponsors," he said. Hartshorn said the firm expects plan sponsors to assess the impact their pension plan on their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... a quiet session, with all eyes on Wall Street after the company reporting season kicked off in the US with a positive surprise. Locally, the main news was Telecom NZ's lowering of its guidance due to tax changes. The market turned its back on seven consecutive ...

CFD health check prompts more oversight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... in that paper," he said. "There's nothing in [the research] that I'm overly concerned with. The paper hasn't come as a surprise, we spoke to ASIC about our own concerns." Barry Odes, managing director of Australia and New Zealand at CMC Markets, said ...

Paul does it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

Ban insurance commissions in super: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Commissions should be banned on all insurance products in super, including group risk and personal insurance, according to the Cooper Review's final report. Members can generally access insurance through super, and they continue to have cover without ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
The Australian share market was making gains at noon, following the scrapping of the Resources Super Profits Tax. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.1 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 4,260.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...