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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Institute's inflation gauge for March, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics' building approvals for February and the Reserve Bank of Australia's index of commodity prices are due for release. In equities news, Geopacific Resources NL is due to hold ...

Tyndall AM appoints new managing director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... this time and wish him all the best in whatever he chooses to do in the future." Davis has previously held roles at Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch where he founded Merrill Lynch's Australian asset management business, focusing on institutional and retail ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... more confidence, equals increased credit and spending, equals a better economy. And oh, there was also the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's monthly survey of manufacturing activity that found that manufacturing activity in the region remains solid. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... economic news on Friday, the Housing Industry Association is due to release new home sales for February, while the Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to release its financial aggregates data for February. In equities news, AUSTAR United Communications ...

Advisers told to rethink growth asset allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Advisers should rethink growth asset allocations and prepare to protect portfolios against fiscal constraints, delegates heard at an industry event. These were two key messages from global investment manager PIMCO, delivered at yesterday's Adviser's ...

Market ripe for private equity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Institutions deleveraging to shore-up balance sheets is leading to a buyer's market for private equity, according to one provider. "In Europe alone the banks need to deleverage their balance sheets by 1.5 to 2.5 trillion euros," said Reto Schwager ...

ASX appoints Gonski replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... president of NationsBanc-CRT. He was also an executive director with Wardley Australia Limited and managing director of Hong Kong Bank Limited, London.

A surplus in 2012/13, and then what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
"We are on track for surplus in 2012-13, on time, as promised..." These were the words spoken by Australian Federal Treasurer and Euromoney Magazine's "Finance Minister of the Year" (2011) Wayne Swan in May last year as he delivered the Australian Budget ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.96 US cents, down from 104.35 cents on Wednesday afternoon. Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Mike Jones said the currency's fall came as global stock markets took a tumble overnight. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... Billiton was down 10 cents at $34.33, and Rio Tinto added four cents to $64.14. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank gained three cents to $24.69, Westpac found three cents at $21.76, ANZ improved six cents to $23.24, and Commonwealth Bank ...