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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Australian shares were marginally lower at noon, as stronger financial stocks helped offset a weaker resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.2 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,493.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Planners risk buying bad businesses

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
It's a seller's market for financial planners looking to put their firms on the auction block - but planning groups that do buy risk failure as many do not focus enough on their acquisition's investment returns, according to AXA. Speaking at an AFA ...

Arnhem wins OptiMix mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
OptiMix has appointed Arnhem Investment Management, formally known as Fortis Investment Partners, to its Australian equities portfolio investment manager line-up. Arnhem has been appointed following an extensive review of the OptiMix Australian Equities ...

Usual uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
"Unusually uncertain" indeed! Flat, flat, flat. This is how the most major equity markets from Asia to Europe to Wall Street finished the past 24 hours. Some closed a little bit higher, others a tad lower, most just flatlined. Because of the "unusually ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
The Australian share market was up about half a per cent at noon, buoyed by rising banking stocks. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.7 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 4,508.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
Don't bet your house on new home sales... at least, not yet! Wall Street is all a-flutter with welcomed news about the reported 23.6 per cent increase in new home sales to an annualised 330,000 units in June from the previous month. And what was last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is likely to open higher after the Dow Jones hit a two-month high on Monday. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 26 points at 4,502 points. In economics news on Tuesday ...

BTIM to expand income boutique

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Just under two months after being promoted to BT Investment Management's (BTIM) head of income and fixed interest, Vimal Gor, said the firm plans to hire more investment managers and launch a new range of income funds. "We're hiring a few new people ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market was buoyant in morning trade after stronger-than-expected sales figures from Wesfarmers and rises in banking shares. Following a strong finish last week on Wall Street, at 1200 AEST Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after gains on Wall Street on Friday. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 40 points at 4,476 points, on volume of 3,136 contracts. In economics ...