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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... gained 15.04, or 1.08 per cent, to 1,413.11 points. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply higher on Tuesday in a technical rebound after very heavy losses the previous day on increasing concerns the global economy faces a long and painful recession. ...

Zurich urges superannuation reform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... certain dependants are not, and that income streams cannot be paid to non-dependants," said Dimitri Diamantes, Zurich technical services manager. "Adult children, for example, even if they fit into one of the categories, are not entitled to receive the ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... operative word here is 'rule of thumb.' Two consecutive quarters of minus real GDP growth has been commonly accepted as the technical definition of a recession. But in the US, the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research ...

Secure Computing beats hackers at own game

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... what sort of controls needs to be put in place for users," said Grant Murphy, Secure Computing vice president of global technical strategy. "To put it in financial terms, it's a credit score so you understand who you're doing business with from a credit ...

IG Markets enables chart trading

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... to trade from charts of market data. Developed in partnership with IT-Finance, the new DealThru Charts cover over 70 technical indicators and are updated in real time. The new system is also highly mobile - allowing traders to conduct their business ...

Asgard refines licence service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... research, advice tools, marketing support, practice management, commission collection, professional indemnity cover and technical consulting. "Licensee Select means advisers only access those licensee services they need - and only pay for those services ...

HESTA appoints three

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... to the role. Jones replaced Catherine McMahon, who has moved to Cbus. He has worked previously with Aviva as a senior technical analyst, and as compliance manager with UniSuper. Jones has a Bachelor of Business, Diploma in Financial Services (Superannuation) ...

Global recession coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... while Denmark (another non-member nation) fell into recession earlier in the year. Japan -- also one quarter away from a technical recession -- is feeling the pain, as its trade balance went into deficit in August. This is the first time since January ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... close at 1,156.39. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index tumbled 113.2 points, or 2.25 per cent, to 4,912.40 points, breaching key technical support at 5,000 points as investors tracked heavy losses on Wall Street of some 300 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX was down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... closed sharply higher on Monday after the US Government launched a bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Technical problems halted trade for a period during the day on both the London stock exchange and the InterContinental Exchange ...