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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
The Australian share market held its gains by noon but was trading off its highs of the session as investors await the outcome of an October 23 European Summit to discuss the region's debt crisis. Both major indices had gained over one per cent in early ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after the European and US markets went into the red overnight. At 0655 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points at 4,233. No major economic news is expected ...

Good news, bad headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
It must be that time of year again - the time when scare mongering comes into fashion. It's the middle of October and it will soon be Halloween. So please understand why I literally jumped off my seat when Bloomberg flashed before my very eyes the headline ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
The Australian share market continued to trade lower at noon on Tuesday, reversing Monday's gains, amid pessimism overseas about Europe's ability to sort out the region's debt problems. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had lost 72.5 points, or 1.7 per ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
"Dreams that everything will be resolved and dealt with by next Monday cannot be fulfilled." Dream on. With these words, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble crushed financial market optimism that everything will be smooth sailing by this time ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
SYDNEY, Oct 18 AAP - A roundup of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - US equity markets sank Monday after a three-week rally after a meeting of G20 finance chiefs failed to boost confidence that a solution to the eurozone debt crisis is near. ...

Asia-Pacific's HNWIs second largest in the world

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
Asia-Pacific's population of high net worth individuals now exceeds Europe's for the first time, making it the world's second-largest market after North America. That's according to the 2011 Asia-Pacific Wealth Report released by Merrill Lynch Global ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Australian share market was more than 1.5 per cent higher at noon after gains on Wall Street and signs of optimism about a solution to the European debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 68.4 points, or 1.63 per cent, to 4,274 and the ...

Hunter Hall executive board changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
Hunter Hall Investment Management has moved to improve corporate governance by increasing non-executive representation on its board with the appointment of Naomi Edwards and resignations of company directors from the board. Naomi Edwards has joined ...

CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
CHOICE chair and AUSfin member, Jenni Mack, has responded to financial planning association remarks about the parliamentary FOFA Bill on Friday and said they were aware of the disclosure provision and should instead move on as the rest of the industry ...