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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
The outlook for the Australian market on Thursday is positive, following strong performances on overseas markets overnight. At 0723 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 74 points at 4,567. In economics ...

China consumer research expert joins 8IP

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Specialist Asian equity manager Eight Investment Partners (8IP), set up by Kerry Series, the former head of Asia Pacific equities at AMP Capital, has hired the head of China consumer research at Macquarie Securities HK as analyst. Jessie Qian will start ...

Ipac boosts insurance-related investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
Ipac Asset Management plans to have as much as a 25 per cent allocation within its alternatives growth portfolio devoted to insurance-related investments, and backs the strategy with a $50 million seed investment into a newly-launched catastrophe insurance ...

Capital raisings shun small investors: ISS

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
When global credit markets seized up in late 2008 and for much of 2009, Australia's blue chip companies were forced to look to equity markets for much needed funding. Almost $100 billion in new equity was raised, but the average investor didn't really ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... right and it ended in June 2009, then we can expect continued weakness in the labour market till September (15 months) or January (19 months). Like the 1990 and 2001 recessions, jobs will follow continued growth. And if they don't, the US Federal Reserve ...

Structured prod issuers must disclose risks: ASIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
The regulator is recommending issuers of capital protected and other structured or derivative products to clearly explain any counterparty risk and the limitations of the strategies to retail investors. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission's ...

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney names new chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has appointed Harry Parkinson as chief executive, replacing Matthew Comyn who leaves the role after just six months with the firm. Comyn was appointed chief executive of the firm's Australian wealth management business in ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Wall Street's weekend may have done it some good. It left pondering the tug o' war between good company profit results and negative economic data. The Street didn't like what it saw. Investors sold... heavily. Wall Street returned last night, still ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Did anyone hear that loud thud on Wall Street over the weekend? So what do we do now? Are we back on track for very slow growth - at worst, a double-dip -- and all the sinister consequences it'll have on our combined and individual fortunes? The Street ...

Goldman Sachs pay $620m to settle SEC lawsuit

SEC RELEASE, BLOOMBERG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Goldman Sachs & Co has paid the US regulator more than $620 million (US$550 million), the largest penalty ever levelled against a financial firm, for allegedly misleading investors regarding the deals behind its sub-prime mortgage product. Goldman Sachs ...