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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... Tuesday, Australian stocks posted their strongest close in six weeks, led by gains among mining stocks and despite giving up ground amid weak retail sales data. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended up 30 points, or 0.66 per cent, at 4,571.6 points, while ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... website for which I wholeheartedly agree: "A seminal hour in a nation's history - one debate and one debate only. The country ground to a standstill as the excitement and anticipation of the drama of a winner-takes-all punch-up mounted. This was to be ...

INGIM global emerging markets fund under new team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... emerging markets equities and debt offerings. What is unclear is how successful INGIM will be in exploiting its on-the-ground presence within emerging markets to service and improve performance within its strategy," said Nathan Bode, analyst at S&P Fund ...

The octopus on fees versus commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
An iPhone app based on Paul the Octopus is undecided whether adviser remuneration should tilt towards fee for service rather than stay with commissions as the default payment method. The Ask Octopus app was developed in Brazil by uTouchLabs and is available ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... with advances of close to two per cent following a strong opening to the day on Wall Street and after Asian markets lost ground. European stocks surged despite news that Moody's had downgraded Portugal's sovereign debt rating, sparking fresh concerns ...

Perennial ramps up international business strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... property. He said its operations have gradually expanded to allow its managers and analysts to complete research on the ground. Perennial now has offices based in Connecticut, Amsterdam, London and Hong Kong. To drive this strategy, Perennial has appointed ...

The disappearing act of lose-lose funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... decade. "For as long as I've been in the industry, it has always been in transition... but what happened in 2008 broke new ground," said Forster.

Drunk futures broker banned

FSA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
A UK oil futures broker has been banned from the local financial services industry for five years and fined $126,000 for manipulating the market by trading huge volumes of oil contracts after a weekend bender. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... $21.90, Commonwealth was up 16 cents at $50.11, but ANZ was down two cents at $22.27. The major mining stocks had also gained ground, with Rio Tinto up $1.17 at $69.77 and BHP Billiton had gained 18 cents to $38.67.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... 35.63 points, or 1.00 per cent, to finish at 3,519.73. In Paris, cyclical stocks, dependent on robust growth momentum, lost ground. Auto maker Renault shed 2.94 per cent, chemical group Rhodia fell 3.49 per cent and steel giant ArcelorMittal shed 3.02 ...