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AMP appoints business partnership manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... Townsville and Mackay. "In order to cater to the needs of the region, we believed it was necessary to have someone on the ground full-time," Justo said. Randall has a background in financial services, most recently with Westpac, and prior to that with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... volume of 9,486 contracts. Austock Securities private client adviser Michael Heffernan said the market had clawed back some ground by noon after a tentative start to the session that saw the S&P/ASX200 index slip by almost 10 points in early trade. "We're ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
The Australian share market was slightly weaker at noon on Thursday, following a negative lead from United States markets overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 5.4 points lower, by 0.12 per cent, at 4,619.8 points, while the broader ...

AMP buys Sydney office for Sunsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... buy at what is generally accepted to be near the bottom of the cycle," Hartley said. Direct property has become a hunting ground for savvy institutional investors since the sector's slump last year. Research from the Australian Direct Property Investment ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... Index fell 1.5 points fell from 60.9 in April 2010 to 59.4 in August 2010, with respondents reportedly feeling on 'shaky ground'. "It's as if Australians are suffering from a post financial crisis hangover with falling levels of confidence. Help is out ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... of Financial Management is scheduled to issue $700 million of April 2015 bonds. On Thursday, The Australian share market ground lower, as investors in mining and bank stocks took profits. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 56.2 points, or 1.21 per ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... about the time the Chinese economy took off. Investors who bought companies that mined and dug rocks and metals under the ground five years ago and did a Rip Van Winkle (slept) might find it hard to believe that a GFC ever transpired. Their shareholdings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... vitality. On Tuesday, the Australian share market managed to finisher higher, buoyed by the resources sector, after losing ground from a strong start to trading. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended 0.25 per cent or 11.6 points up, at 4,626.5 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, after losing some ground with all four major banks falling into negative territory. At 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.6 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 4,541.3 points, while the broader ...

Asia to reap $75bn windfall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... companies. This is in contrast to Australia, where there are around 2,200 companies, said Series. This is particularly fertile ground for investors who look for "misunderstood or unloved stocks", he said. Chris Condon, who runs Chris Condon Financial ...