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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was down at noon as it continued to weather a weak lead from the United States. The local market saw little relief as investor confidence ebbed after the US congress haggled over its stimulus package. By 1200 AEDT the benchmark ...

FPA stops "highly offensive" ads

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has obtained a Federal Court injunction stopping Bannister Mansfield Financial Services and the firm's director from publishing ads featuring the FPA. The FPA's solicitors asked Bannister Mansfield Financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The Australian share market had lost ground by noon, restrained by falling gold stocks and the mining sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 28.3 points or 0.81 per cent at 3480.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index gave up ...

Cost of share trading spikes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The cost of trading Asian and Australian equities rose by 150 per cent last year compared to a year ago after bid-ask spreads widened to abnormal levels during the credit crisis, according to research. Trading cost data and analysis provider ITG released ...

Pinnacle taps private equity demand

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Pinnacle attracts two key private equity execs from AMP to run its newly-launched fund at a time when many investors are starting to trawl the market for the best private equity investments. Pinnacle Investment Management yesterday announced the establishment ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Tomorrow is the inauguration of Mr. Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. What does the day after tomorrow hold? Long before this event, the media had already been speculating on what First Lady-elect Michelle Obama would be wearing ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The $2.65 billion Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund has splurged on eight new mandates in a bid to overhaul its international equity portfolio. The super fund's $600 million international equity portfolio now counts Baillie Gifford, Deutsche ...

Full steam ahead for Aberdeen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Aberdeen Asset Management confirms it will proceed with its $540 billion acquisition of a slice of Credit Suisse's Global Investors business as planned, despite S&P placing 29 Credit Suisse funds "on hold". Aberdeen said last month that it would buy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after shares in the US slumped on a big rise in unemployment claims and a surprising jump in the trade deficit. Resource stocks may gain after commodity prices advanced. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after commodity prices, including gold, oil and copper, gained overnight. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 41 points at 3,662. ...