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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... rating late Monday. Attention was focused on Greece's bailout talks with its lenders, the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund, for a new installment on its rescue package. The market also was anticipating the end of ...

nabInvest buys equities start-up stake

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... acquiring a non-controlling stake in quantitative based equities specialist Redpoint Investment Management. National Australia Bank's direct asset management subsidiary has been busy adding to its stable of boutique fund managers this year, taking stakes ...

AUI names four senior appointments

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... operating officer. Loosmore's previous roles include chief financial officer roles at Suncorp Group and roles at St George Bank, Asgard Wealth Solutions and Rothschild Australia Asset Management and Deloitte. Bryant said the new roles and appointments ...

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... mouths. The recent update talks of Greece's meeting with the troika of alms-givers - the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The conclusion (for now), their emergency over-the-weekend meeting produced a 'near' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,106. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes from its September board meeting and the Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Index (BSI) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... falling 2.3 per cent on uncertainty about local banks' exposure to international risk from Europe. All four major retail bank stocks dropped, with Commonwealth Bank down 1.6 per cent to $44.87, Westpac 2.9 per cent lower to $19.35, ANZ slipping 2.4 per ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Gold, silver and US Treasury bonds are all psychological asset classes that will eventually burn investors, according to a chief investment strategist. James Swanson, chief investment strategist, MFS Investment Management told Financial Standard that ...

FSC elects deputy chairman

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... the chairman of the Financial Services Council Peter Maher, group head of banking and financial services group, Macquarie Bank and deputy chairman Brian Bissaker, chief executive, Colonial First State, as an executive of the Board. Cooper has been a ...

Hastings appoints new chief executive

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Hastings Funds Management, owned by Westpac, has appointed Andrew Day as its new chief executive. Day will begin his role with Hastings on 17 October 2011 and is an experienced chief executive with a domestic and international track record. He was until ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Change is the only constant. Many of you gentle readers would have noticed the change in my stance these past few weeks - not overnight as reader Paul accuse - over the state of the global economy and financial markets. Let me explain why am not in ...