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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market was more than 1.5 per cent higher at noon as stronger than expected economic growth in Australia boost local shares. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 73.7 points, or 1.67 per cent, at 4,477.9 points, while ...

Insto flows boost TRG results

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Treasury Group Limited, which supports, distributes and invests in boutique fund management businesses, reported a near 36 per cent increase in normalised net profits yesterday, off the back of net inflows and improving markets. The company said normalised ...

China consumer research expert joins 8IP

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Specialist Asian equity manager Eight Investment Partners (8IP), set up by Kerry Series, the former head of Asia Pacific equities at AMP Capital, has hired the head of China consumer research at Macquarie Securities HK as analyst. Jessie Qian will start ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Local markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with heavy falls on Wall Street, oil falling below $US75, and metals, too generally lower. Only gold futures rose. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
Ain't this just a swell way to start a fresh month? I can almost hear equity markets around the globe singing, "Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah! I'm floating around in ecstasy So ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is likely to open weaker on Thursday after a fall on Wall Street overnight. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 23 points at 4,485 points. In economics news on Thursday ...

NRL stars join Auscoal Super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Former Newcastle Knights captain Tony 'Butts' Butterfield and ex-Queensland State of Origin player, Adrian Vowles, have joined Auscoal Super's business relationship team. Butterfield and Vowles will join the industry super fund's relationship team in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Australian markets have received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0744 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 16 points lower at 4,429. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
With Wall Street's attention turned to profits, profits and profits - and strong ones at that - the celebration in the equity markets rolls. The Street turned in another strong performance while we were sleeping - and so did Europe. A reaction from ...

Aus Ethical changes portfolio manager

S&P RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Standard & Poor's has placed the Australian Ethical Large Companies Share fund 'on hold' after the portfolio manager was changed. Australian Ethical Investment replaced the lead portfolio manager, James Harvey, with research analyst, David Macri, who ...