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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... release of employment figures for July on Thursday would be key events for the market during the week. Mr Daghlian said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement on Sunday that a federal election would be held on September 7 was unlikely to influence ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... analyst Peter Esho said the local market on Thursday was preparing for reporting season to get fully underway. It was a prime example of market action being driven by earnings announcements, he said. "Today's probably a great example of that process ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... them - yes them of the Reinhart and Rogoff infamy. There's sun shining ever so brightly in the Land of the Rising Sun with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his government and his 'Abenomics' getting a thumbs up from Japanese voters. His ruling coalition ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... investor caution over economic activity. Meanwhile, the Tokyo stock market was lifted by a big parliamentary election win for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed down 0.11 per cent to end at 6,623.17 ...

Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... - and its jobless rate soaring. It's at a record 26.9% in April and at 57.5% for those aged 15-24. Ahhh, cut down in the prime of their life. This is bound to get worse with the parliament's approval of the latest troika mandated austerity measures - ...

Economy 'not running out of puff': Wayne Swan

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
Former Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan has reassured Australians that the economy is 'not running out of puff' with the construction and services sectors well poised to replace the mining sector as drivers of economic growth. In his first ...

Monster super funds tipped to invest in London property

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
Following the announcement of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's new cabinet yesterday, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann claimed Rudd was "downgrading" the superannuation portfolio. However, Pauline Vamos, chief executive ...

New Treasurer Bowen takes control of financial services and super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... Shorten, as part of his responsibilities as treasurer. Previously a separate portfolio with a separate minister (Shorten), Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has now put financial services and superannuation directly under the control of Treasury. Bowen will ...

Shorten loses superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... retained his workplace relations portfolio but is no longer Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, following Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement of his new cabinet. He has been given responsibility for school education following his ...