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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat despite falls on Wall Street overnight as euphoria over the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus fade amid concerns about weakness in US manufacturing and anti-American unrest in the Middle East. At ...

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
There's no mistaking the jubilation in financial markets after our 'bestie' forever, Ben gave them what they expected... and then some. Moving on up. The S&P 500 and the Dow lifted by 1.6% overnight -- bringing the respective index levels just 6.7% ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... This, after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) reported that new lending jumped to 703.9 billion yuan (US$111 billion) in August - more than the 600 billion expected and a 30.4% increase from the previous month. Also, Bloomberg reports that, "Net issuance ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
Australian stocks had a lacklustre opening after falls on Wall Street and in Europe. At 1018 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14.3 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,319 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 14.6 ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... Europe and a limping US economy have spawned. China's trade figures disappointed. Exports rose by only 2.7% in the year to August - less than already low predictions for a 3.0% increase. Imports declined by 2.7% versus the 3.5% rise expected. Industrial ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street as investors wait to see if the Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the week will lead to stimulatory measures. At 0749 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...

Wilson HTM awarded damages

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Wilson HTM has been awarded $174, 416 in damages, after chief justice Patricia Bergin said this morning in the NSW Supreme Court, that commission and revenue statements tendered to rival broker Ord Minnett by Wilson's former Sydney desk boss Joseph ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
This is it folks. This week's the week when we find out whether or not dear Uncle Ben would be donning a cape and wearing his underwear outside his pants and do a Super Mario. Most financial marketeers were convinced he talked about it last month at ...

Joyce Phillips appointed to FSC board

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Joyce Phillips, CEO, global wealth & private, ANZ, has been appointed as a director of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at a board meeting on 23 August 2012. Phillip's election means the FSC's board is now at full complement with 14 directors. "Joyce ...

New CEO for Sydney de-sal after June refinance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
The Sydney Desalination Plant has appointed former Queensland Coordinator-General Keith Davies as chief executive officer. The appointment was effective August 27 and follows the June 2012 refinance of the operation by the NSW State Government which ...