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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... merchandise imports data for the same month. In equities news, Woolworths Holdings holds a general meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, regarding a David Jones takeover. In Australia, the market on Monday recovered from early falls to close higher as ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Jones had jumped 73 cents, or 22.88 per cent, to $3.92 by 1200 AEST, after the company agreed to be taken over by South Africa's Woolworths for $2.15 billion. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said several factors had lifted the local bourse ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... Incentivising a Healthier Australia national forum. The Vitality program has more than five million members across South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, China and Singapore. The program uses research in behavioural economics to stimulate people ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... that include MARC from Malaysia, the CPR ratings agency from Portugal, SR from Brazil, CARE from India and GCR from South Africa. ARC has a combined 6000 clients. Choo Yee Kwan, country risk officer for OCBC Bank in Malaysia, told the Malaysian StarBiz ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... lenders and putting them at greater risk if financial market turmoil in countries such as Turkey, Brazil, India and South Africa intensifies." And who invests in European banks? And what's the emerging market volatility doing to the yen? It's sending ...

US tapering to harm key EM countries

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... Threadneedle Investments Asia and Emerging Market Equities investment specialist Douglas Cairns said. Indonesia, India, South Africa, Turkey and Brazil will be the worst affected countries, mainly because of their current account deficit. "As we move ...

AIA hoping to increase engagement through fitness

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... program that will fully launch in early 2014. The AIA Vitality program is a joint venture between the group insurer and South Africa-based specialist insurer Discovery. Vitality will be sold through financial advisers and clients who undertake the program ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... developed-world end demand would seem to be the most obvious beneficiaries, while returns for companies in Latin America, South Africa and Russia may hinge more on the direction of commodity prices and global liquidity conditions."

Cochrane picks up FSS board role

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... independent FTC director and elected him chairman of the Board. Cochrane has had a career spanning 40 years in both South Africa and Australia. His roles have included chief executive REST Superannuation, deputy chief executive and global head of business ...

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... upgrade of its government effectiveness score and a drop in perceived corruption. In contrast, scores for India and South Africa have been dragged down due to the large 2014 budget deficits these nations are expected to hand down. Taiwan's score also ...