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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly higher after mixed trade on Wall Street and strong gains in Europe. At 0658 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up eight points at 3,774. In economic news on Friday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
The Australian share market was over two per cent higher at noon, driven by a strong lead from Wall Street and a sharp rise in the copper price overnight that lifted local resources stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 85.4 points ...

Tech unclogs insurance bottlenecks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... less of a headache for financial planners after key insurers introduced automated underwriting into their products, a major leap from the days of error-prone rate books and simple quotation software. Only three years ago none of the major insurers offered ...

Video me up, Scottie

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... teleporting but advances in video conferencing has now made it possible for fund managers to hold life-like video meetings, a major leap from the days of delayed broadcast, blurry video images and dropped-out calls. Melbourne-based telecoms group Telarus ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
The Australian share market was trading at a two-month high at noon, after US stocks surged on the government's plan to remove bad assets from bank balance sheets. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 51.8 points, or 1.46 per cent, at 3,602.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open marginally higher on Friday despite a fall in US stocks overnight. Gold, silver, copper and oil prices leapt higher overnight. At 0659 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index ...

Pay to perform

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... payments given to a departing executive if the amount goes over the equivalent of a year's average base salary. This is a big leap from existing rules where shareholder approval is not required in cases where the termination payment is up to seven times ...

BNY Mellon launches Ankura Capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
It may be one small step for BNY Mellon but a giant leap for Ankura Capital, an Australian equities fund that will ride on the bank's 34-country strong distribution network to attract overseas money. BNY Mellon Asset Management plans to use its global ...

Meat fund invests in high growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... invested in the Vanguard High Growth Pooled Superannuation Trust, which is an externally managed fund. MIESF's move is a leap away from its peers that have shown favouratism towards pure cash products in a bid to seek safe haven from the global financial ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Australia is back in a situation where it is either looking at a half full or a half empty glass. Latest statistics released over the past few days have something for everybody. Glass half-full. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported ...