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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
The Australian share market lost ground in intra-day trading, which was dominated by defensive plays as investors lost appetite for risk and rotated out of material and energy stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.8 points ...

La Trobe buys super specialists IE Group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
National mortgage lender and funds management firm La Trobe Financial Services has bought third party financial services firm, Implementation Efficiency Group (IEG). Greg O'Neill, chief executive of Melbourne-based La Trobe, said the purchase had been ...

BOQ launches online trading

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has teamed up with CMC Markets to provide online share trading service for retail investors. BOQ Trading enables customers to trade shares, options, warrants and managed funds at $17.95 per trade- courtesy of CMC's range of ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
So is this the one that ultimately takes the grin off Wall Street's face? According to theage.com.au, " US stocks dropped on Tuesday on worries falling oil prices could set off a reversal in the high-flying energy sector..." It even quoted a certain ...

Asia to grow amid inflation threat: ADB

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... the next two years amid fears of inflation and geopolitical uncertainties, according to a report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ADB's annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook 2011 (ADO 2011), has forecasted regional GDP growth of ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... due for a period of refinancing, which would result in significant write-downs, stressing the under-capitalised community bank sector, he said. Contrary to popular wisdom, he said, the US would not be able to inflate its way out of its problems as most ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... share price index futures contract was 20 points lower at 4,981 points. In economics news on Tuesday, National Australia Bank issues its monthly business survey for March, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) issues $140 million of ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... was up 0.01 per cent and the S&P 500 was down 0.3 per cent. Sure there were news articles, statistical reports and central bank rhetoric littering the financial pages of cyberspace but these are merely echoes of what had come before. There's news of ...

Bendigo aims to empower planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank officially launches Bendigo Wealth with a distinct focus on tailor made customer service from financial advisers. The new wealth management division has been created to align its portfolio of offerings, including leveraged ...

Property primed for inflow pick up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... billion will come from debt. The high cost of borrowing for property investments does remain a barrier, according to Hession. "Bank margins for property lending are still over 200bp, which seems excessive. We're at the bottom of the market, people have ...