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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was deeper in the red at noon, with the finance sector and big miners weighing on the local bourse. Australia's market declined as the country's biggest company, BHP Billiton, said it would cut production and slash thousands ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Aviva SMA gets adviser tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Aviva is going to crack the separately managed accounts market in mid-2009 with a product solution tailored to easily fit into an adviser's portfolio. According to Aviva spokesman Tim Cobb, the group is currently at the end of the IT build of its SMA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight, although weaker metals prices could limit gains from the miners. At 0802 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Australian markets have received no lead from Wall Street, closed as US markets were for Thanksgiving. At 0746 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, however, the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 32 points at 3,600. In economic news ...

BlackRock cuts 10 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
BlackRock Investment Management announced a round of redundancies in its property, A-REIT and marketing teams. The 10 redundancies are the result of changes to the firm's Australian property team, A-REIT and marketing teams, all other investment teams ...

HNW shell shocked about nest eggs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
A Fujitsu survey found high net wealth Australians are seven times more concerned now about their retirement savings than they were a few months ago as equity markets continue to crack their nest eggs. Martin North, Fujitsu managing director of consulting ...

AMP raises $450m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
AMP Limited strengthens its balance sheet with $450 million in new capital, raising $50 million more than planned, through an institutional placement. "AMP is making the placement to enhance its capital position and increase business flexibility through ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
The Australian sharemarket was just over one per cent lower at noon with the major miners weighing on the market following a fall in commodity prices overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 53.7 points, or 1.34 per cent, at 3947.4 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open flat to positively today after commodity prices fell overnight and Wall Street posted what were, by the end of the day, reasonable gains. At 0715 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on ...