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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... $30.25. "There's already been a lot of bad news priced in to the (retail) sector after the race to downgrade ahead of Christmas," Mr Herring said. "This could be a reasonable opportunity to buy in." Financial stocks were weaker after news that ratings ...

Pengana fund manager departs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... been downgraded by Standard & Poor's in the wake of fund manager Elan Miller's departure from the team before Christmas. Miller has been replaced in his role as technical analyst for the strategy by new recruit Yan Zhang, while investment analyst ...

Instos set sights on Indonesian assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... the third quarter of last year, and the country was upgraded by ratings agency Fitch to triple B minus status before Christmas. However, Mandiri Investasi said that more needs to be done to properly communicate the country's potential for Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... previous darling of the market JB Ji-Fi, which shed 14.7 per cent to $12.80 after it surprised investors by issuing a pre-Christmas profits warning after the close on Thursday. "Clearly, even the best retailers like JB Hi-Fi are feeling the pressure ...

Seasons Greetings from Financial Standard

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... [email protected]. The team at Financial Standard would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a brilliant New Year! See you in 2012.

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
To all those who have Christmas lunches - long liquid lunches - to go to today, go now pronto for developments in the financial markets last night was another one of those "ho-hum" moments. Not that you'll pick it from the headlines and stories doing ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
"Tell him he's dreaming." Twelve days to Christmas and by the looks of it Europe's dream of appeasing one and all, including themselves, remains just that - a fantasy. All three credit rating agencies came out last night to deliver their verdict on ...

AUI winds up High Yield Mortgage Trust

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... return the balance of the capital to investors," he added. AUI plans to make initial payments of around 10 % this side of Christmas, with a second payment of around 5 % of investors' capital due back to them next March. Following this, regular payments ...

Tablets top adviser Christmas wish list: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
One in three financial advisers will buy or receive a smart phone or tablet this Christmas according to a Zurich survey, which concluded that the gap between technology and financial advice is closing. The online survey, conducted by Zurich Financial ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... Wall Street activity closed in the green by an eye-popping 0.2%. Ho-hum. Yes folks, it's as if 'twas the night before Christmas, "when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care ...