Market wrap - middayBY AAP | TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006 12:44PMThe Australian stock market was lower at noon with profit taking dragging on the market. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.4 points to 5299.6 while the all ordinaries was 9.2 points lower at 5267.2. |
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Kellie Wood
HEAD OF FIXED INCOME
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA LIMITED
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Schroders Australia's Kellie Wood talks about winning a lot, so much so that it's become a well-intentioned joke with her co-workers - but it's this ambitious attitude that spurs her on every day. Eliza Bavin writes.
