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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has fallen as investors sell off local mining stocks following falls on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down seven points, or 0.17 per cent, at 4,090, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following sharp falls on Wall Street overnight as investors digest a positive start to the US earnings season, a eurozone deal to help support Spain and its banks, and disappointing Chinese trade data. At ...

Austock sells PFM to Folkstone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Austock Funds Management has reached an agreement to sell its Property Funds Management business to Folkstone Limited, leaving Mariner Corporation's takeover bid in doubt. Darren Olney-Fraser, Mariner chief executive officer, told Financial Standard ...

Aus Super hands Orion mandate to Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Australian Super has moved an Australian equities mandate worth $500 million to Fidelity, from Orion Asset Management. An Australian Super spokesperson confirmed the switch but declined to comment on the reasons behind the change which will hand the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has opened higher, driven by lower than expected falls on US markets overnight. At 1050 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17 points, or 0.41 per cent, at 4,135.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite falls on Wall Street and European markets overnight following a spike in Spanish bond yields. At 0825 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up five points at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after weaker-than-expected US jobs figures. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 14 points at 4,111. In economic news on Monday, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened slightly lower following interest rate cuts in Europe and China. At 1013 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.4 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4,156.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after Wall Street fell on weak US consumer spending data and concerns about the slowing pace of China's economic growth. At 0644 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Direct insurance 40% of market by 2021

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Directly sold insurance will comprise 40% of the market within a decade and intermediaries need to be prepared to work with the growth channel rather than see it as a competitor. In 2010-11 it already accounted for 25% of life insurance sold in Australia ...