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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mixed to flat set of leads from overnight trading, with oil pushing higher and gold falling for a fourth consecutive session. At 0750 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up 27 points at 4810 points ...

AMP readies for sale to AXA SA

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AMP will have the AXA Asia business for just one day before selling it back to AXA SA on April 1. Craig Meller, managing director of AMP financial services said the "marriage of AMP and AXA Australia" was structured like property transaction with the ...

AXA deal frees AllianceBernstein to target retail

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Fund manager AllianceBernstein LP will shift its focus towards the retail market following its acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific Holding's 50 per cent share in their Australian joint venture. AllianceBernstein will pay AXA a price "in the millions of ...

Twittering social media takes time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
Superannuation professionals have been told that powerful social media campaigns are "slow burners" and warned by a Deloitte technologist that they need to be patient to see the results. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

AustralianSuper names former Hastings director as head of infra

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper has created a new position for Jason Peasley, a former director at Hastings Fund Management. Peasley, who has more than 16 years of infrastructure investment experience, will join the superannuation giant as the Head of Infrastructure ...

VTP mulls management change

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Listed investment company Van Eyk Three Pillars (VTP) plans to terminate its relationship with its external managers, van Eyk Research, Three pillars Portfolio Managers and VTP Management, subject to further board discussions. VTP formed an in-principle ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Monday in "cautious" trading, as investors continued to digest developments on fighting in Libya and the nuclear emergency in Japan. Performances from major resources and banking stocks were mixed. At ...

AMP Capital to recruit in infrastructure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
AMP Capital Brookfield plans to bring new blood into its listed infrastructure team following the resignation of a portfolio manager and analyst. Manoj Patel, a co-portfolio manager, covering US pipelines and India, and analyst Ryan Foelske will both ...

Japan shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The still-unfolding disaster in Japan is sapping the optimism off financial markets. Stock markets rallied yesterday but it looks like they'll be down again today. Volatility is the order of today and would remain so for as long as strong aftershocks ...

April launch for XPLAN facelift

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
Dominant planning software provider IRESS Wealth Management Solutions has announced the long-anticipated new version of XPLAN is to be released next month. XPLAN, used by more than 12,000 advisers, has been given a makeover with the help of digital ...