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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP | MONDAY, 18 APR 2011

... "If you look at what's been happening with the healthcare sector over the last few years, people have taken it as a safe haven," Ms Cox said. Pharmaceutical and biotech company CSL Ltd was up 45 cents at $35.35 by 1210 AEST. At 1213 AEST, the price of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 18 APR 2011

... added to the mix, prompting investors to push gold to fresh record highs as they put their money in the traditional safe haven. The euro slipped, meanwhile, as a Moody's downgrade for Ireland and a new Greek austerity plan stoked concerns that the eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011

The Australian market has received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities indices and key commodities all lower. At 0652 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 30 points lower at 4,887 points. In ...

Tyndall shifts gears on FI

MATT WOODINGTON | TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011

... Financial planners should encourage clients to reconsider their view on Australian fixed interest, which represents a safe haven investment, said the head of fixed income at a $22 billion fund manager. Roger Bridges of Tyndall Investments Australia believes ...

Pooled funds lose cash

ALISON BEVEGE | WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011

... director of banking research and analysis firm RFi, said investors were behaving as though in a storm and looking for a safe haven. "In the last six to 12 months, the global economic conditions were not great," he said. "We have seen strong growth in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011

... nuclear crisis had prompted some investors to seek the safety of the precious metal. "It looks like they are having a safe haven day," Mr Bishop said. Among the big movers in gold, Gold One International had advanced four cents, or 10.53 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011

The Australian market has received strong, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with key indices on Wall Street and in Europe clearly higher. Oil and precious metals fell, as investors turned away from their search for safe havens. On the ...

Market Wrap

AAP | THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011

... By 1025 AEDT, there was about one share up for every three shares down in the S&P ASX 50. Gold provided a solitary safe haven for the market, with shares in miner Newcrest Mining Ltd up 16 cents at $39.10. Gold rose to its highest level in more than ...

ECB relents, sort of

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010

... to say, I say. Their economy is benefiting from the European turmoil in terms of a weak euro, low interest rates and safe haven flows into their bond market. It's been so good for the Germans that its finance ministry even boasted last night that the ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010

... worry about. The eurozone and its sovereign debt crisis: that's what it is. Yes, ladies and gents, investors sought safe haven in the US dollar (bring me the head of the one who said that the US currency would be a worthless piece of paper). When Irish ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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