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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar sinks below US0.7200

... volume of 771 contracts. With no major economic news expected today, investors will have another batch of annual meetings to focus on. Harvey Norman Holdings, Ramsay Health Care, Gympie Gold and Angus & Coote Holdings are all scheduled to host their ...

"Opportunistic" managers lead the way in brighter outlook for international equities

... who think about markets in a benchmark unconstrained way and are prepared to take higher risks; those who have a strong focus on valuation but necessarily a strong value bias, and those who have a well-diversified portfolio, as managers with highly-concentrated ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares dip following Istanbul bombings

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2003
The Australian share market closed lower today, after global share markets retreated following the terrorist bombings in Turkey overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index lost 15 points to 3169.1 while the all ordinaries slumped 17.4 points to 3175.3. ...

Midday Market Wrap: Turkey terror impacts market

The terrorist bombings in Turkey overnight continued to impact on the Australian share market to noon, as it followed in the wake of uneasy markets in New York overnight. At 1210 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had lost 14.8 points to 3169.3 while ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits new high overnight

The Australian dollar opened stronger today after reaching a fresh six-year high overnight on the back of US dollar weakness following the Turkey bomb blasts. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7223/28 compared with yesterday's close ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares climb after gains overnight in US

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
... given the Federal Reserve had indicated it would not raise interest rates until 2004, analysts said. The market will today focus on the Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin for November at 1500 AEDT, with US leading indicators and the Philadelphia Fed ...

Securities Institute to deliver CFA gap course to fast track ASIC compliance

The Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) has engaged the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA) have teamed up to develop a bridging course that enables candidates and charterholders of the global Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) ...

Investec adds property specialist to Brisbane team

Investec have added property expert John Hollamby to its Brisbane team, effective from today, the boutique investment bank has announced. Mr Hollamby was formerly the head of Property and Construction Finance for ANZ in Brisbane, and had been with ANZ ...

RBA takes aim at property tax breaks

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
... allowances were also generous. The bank said it was not making specific recommendations on tax reforms, but the inquiry should focus on property depreciation and allowing investments to be negatively geared for decades. But it said there was no (no) ...

Telstra faces hostile shareholders

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
Angry Telstra Corp shareholders last week applied their collective war paint for what turned out to be an unexpectedly hostile annual general meeting in Sydney. In a marathon session which stretched beyond five hours, the airing of grievances ranged ...