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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... points. Markets rallied in early trading, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged swift action on a new Greek rescue package, but momentum faded later in the day. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 7.22 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... were badly hit by the supply chain ructions caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, but the Nikkei newspaper said swift improvements could see Toyota's production back to 90 per cent by next month. Toyota denied the report after the market closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... data showed industrial production slumped 1.2 per cent in February, the biggest amount for 18 months, denting hopes of a swift recovery for the faltering economy. Investors in London meanwhile were awaiting the Bank of England's latest monetary policy ...

CMC taps pattern recognition for traders

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
CMC Markets has launched a new pattern recognition tool to help traders sort data, identify patterns and ease trade execution. The pattern recognition software has been integrated into an existing platform rather than using a third party provider. Pattern ...

RBF-Tas terminates 452 Capital mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
RBF-Tasmania has pulled the plug on investments with 452 Capital following the departure of key investment staff, axing a $170 million mandate with the firm. Philip Mussared, chief executive of RBF-Tas, said the $3.4 billion fund is going through the ...

SWIFT slashes messaging cost

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
SWIFT, the provider of global financial messaging services, is planning to reduce its price of messaging on its core FIN service by an average of 20 percent next year. According to the company, the 20 per cent reduction is part of a targeted 50 percent ...

INGIM hires two for Aussie equities

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
ING Investment Management (INGIM) Australia has moved swiftly to strengthen its Australian equities team after suffering the departure of its small companies lead portfolio manager in August. Phillip Hudak has been hired by INGIM as a small companies ...

Anglican Diocese signs SRI deal with Mercer

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
The Anglican Diocese of Sydney has appointed Mercer to an implemented consulting mandate focused on socially responsible investing. The arrangement involves Mercer tailoring a new multi-manager fund focused on SRI - a key criteria for the diocese. The ...

CFS replaces 452 Capital with Integrity, CFSGAM

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Colonial First State Investments (CFS) has moved swiftly to replace 452 Capital with other managers following the shock departures of three senior executives, including the wife of co-founder and star fund manager Peter Morgan, from the boutique fund ...

Challenger poaches ING portfolio manager for small cap fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
Challenger's launch of an Australian small companies fund, its tenth boutique, inadvertently resulted in an ING small cap fund being placed 'on hold' yesterday. The departure of Sinclair Currie, former lead portfolio manager at ING, for Challenger prompted ...