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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
The Australian dollar rose following the release of data showing the national economy grew strongly in the September quarter. The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday released the national accounts for the September quarter, revealing growth ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Make that October 26 - maybe. Yes folks the can has been kicked further down the road to nowhere. Less than five days ago -- at the end of the G20 Summit in Paris -- there was optimism in the air, there seems to be consensus among the top 20 moneymen ...

Brand fit for a boardroom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... their brand, and the same principles can apply in financial services. Even the New York Times and Businessweek bestseller, 'Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office 101', devoted an entire chapter on the subject. "Building your own brand can be as simple ...

New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... investors to better asses ESG risks. "We hope the guide will bridge that gap in understanding ESG reporting is not just a 'nice to have' but an essential indicator of the stability of your business," said Byrne.

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
What a drama 'ey? You know what I'm talking about. The drama that is the 'off-again-on-again' deal on the US debt ceiling and the 'it'll be bailed, no it won't' Greek tragedy. Yes, those ones. The ones that sent risk assets up, then down, then up again ...

Hillross acquires $2.2 billion planning group

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
AMP affiliated planning group Hillross Financial Services has agreed to acquire IRIS Financial Group, winning a competitive process that attracted eight first round offers and saw four parties conduct due diligence. Hillross will provide licensee services ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... retailers - Target store sales increased by 5.7% in the year to June; Macy's sales lifted by 7.5%; Saks by 8.7% -- and we get a nice, pretty little picture. Australian retailers must be so turning green with envy for despite the continued employment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... good close for US equities, ending a streak of losses in the US, one of the worst streaks we've seen in many years, but a nice bounce in US equities," he said. "There was a reasonable bounce in some of the commodities and it was just enough to give the ...

Bigger picture, nicer picture

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... houses) have had a hand. And did you catch a glimpse of the 22,100 drop in April employment, where 49,100 jobs vanished? Not a nice sight, isn't it? Even more ugly was the sight of the RBA - in its May Board meeting minutes - telling us, Australians ...