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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... TransTasman Business Circle luncheon. In Australia on Monday, the share market closed sharply stronger on renewed investor confidence after a crisis package was agreed upon in Europe. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 119.1 points, or 2.66 per cent ...

CalPERS fights BoA directors election

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... during the Merrill Lynch merger and whom the pension fund supports. "The Bank of America board can restore investor confidence by demonstrating competence, independence and its ability to stay on top of challenges," Simpson said. "To do this, the company ...

Trust advocates long-term staff incentives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... their businesses at a time when the wealth management industry is suffering from high staff turnover, weak investor confidence and regulatory changes around fiduciary duties. "We see ourselves holding a distinctive [advantage] in the market following ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... alleged fraud at Goldman Sachs, charges the company has forcefully rejected. News of a sharp pick-up in German investor confidence in April also helped after recent worries that Europe's powerhouse economy might have faltered in the first quarter. The ...

Super too complex to handle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR IS A MEDIA GUEST AT THE SECURITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ADELAIDE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... Ashenden predicts that mandating planners as fiduciaries is inevitable and is, in fact, necessary to restore investor confidence. As for all the noise on new legislation, he said, "We need to use this regulatory process as an opportunity to get things ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... stock markets closed higher on Wednesday as US data and better-than-expected corporate earnings bolstered investor confidence in the underlying economic recovery. Strong earnings at US computer chip giant Intel first gave Asian stocks a clear lead overnight ...

Debt disclosure to revive agribusiness

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... demanding agribusiness operators to open their books to the public, including how much debt they owe, could renew investor confidence. This week corporate regulator ASIC released a consultation paper on how agribusiness managed investment schemes (MIS) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... European stock markets closed mixed on Wednesday, giving up early gains after disappointing US jobs data hurt investor confidence and offset other more positive figures. Continuing concerns over Greece as it sought to raise funds to cover its debt and ...

Harvard puts property on sale

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... Sharp declines in returns from unlisted direct-property and diversified-property funds have also pummelled investor confidence. According to Standard & Poor's, the search for reasons for the poor performance needs to go well beyond the downturn in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... Tuesday in the wake of surprisingly weak economic data from the United States, France and Germany that dampened investor confidence. Analysts also pointed to lingering unease about prospects for Greece, struggling with a debt and deficit crisis and hit ...