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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... preliminary close of 843.85. LONDON - Global stock markets reeled from another series of discouraging economic data and company results on Thursday, with investors finding no respite from the spreading gloom. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading ...

ING Aus buys IFA Securities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
ING Australia continues to be a key player in the consolidation of the financial planning industry when it announced a deal with IFA Securities, a boutique dealer group that manages more than $600 million in funds. Founded in the mid-80s, IFA Securities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... this for a while." Resource giant Rio Tinto fell $3.56, or 8.77 per cent, to $37.05. Rival miner and Australia's biggest company, BHP Billiton, sank $1.74, or 5.62 per cent, to $29.20. The banking sector was lower, too. National Australia Bank decreased ...

Morgan Stanley and Citi to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... Meanwhile Morgan Stanley will pipe in 100 per cent of its Global Wealth Management arm for a 51 per cent stake in the new company. As a result of this venture, clients will be able to access both Morgan Stanley and Citi's investment networks and opportunities. ...

Aussie tech providers score overseas deals

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... officer, said the deal with Bravura would allow the firm to cost effectively expand in Vietnam. "Through this expansion, the company will apply modern technology to centralise and streamline its current processes and also rapidly launch new and innovative ...

Vanguard launches gov bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Vanguard Investments Australia has launched an Australian Government Bond Index Fund as investors continue to seek haven in safe investments backed by the government. The Vanguard Australian Government Bond Index Fund (the Fund) invests in Government ...

PIS prepares for tough year

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... redemptions freeze by fund managers such as Colonial First State, ING and APN Funds Management. "We're certainly looking at a company's ability to provide liquidity because the last thing we all want is a situation like mortgage funds where for example ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... Bureau of Statistics publishes Labour Force Data for December. The Reserve Bank of Australia monthly Bulletin is due. In company events, Athena Resources Ltd, Esplanade Property Fund, and Intellect Holdings Ltd hold general meetings in Perth. Diversa ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... itself by a third of its former self. I could still recall trying to keep tabs of the seemingly unending changes in the company's name back in the 1990s as it embarked on a number of mergers and acquisitions. This time, it may have bit more than it could ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. Wesfarmers lost ground, down 61 cents or 3.49 per cent to $16.88, after the company said it expects first half 2008/09 net profit to be between $850 million and $880 million. This was after about $150 ...