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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... KONG - Hong Kong stocks surged across the board, rising 6.43 per cent tracking Wall Street gains on improved investor confidence after JP Morgan raised its offer for Bear Stearns. The Hang Seng Index closed 1,356.30 points higher at 22,464.52. WELLINGTON ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... TOKYO - Japanese stocks ended at a six-week closing low as weaker-than-expected company spending data dampened investor confidence about the health of the domestic economy. The Nikkei average ended down 0.16 per cent or 20.22 points at 12,972.06, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... blue-chip shares such as Sony driving gains after a $15 billion share buyback plan announced by IBM boosted investor confidence. The Nikkei rose 206.58 points to 14,031.30. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips rose 3.2 per cent, hitting three-week highs ...

Praemium's SMSF market share soars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... Naoumidis, managing director at Praemium, said the increase in funds under administration was due to greater investor confidence in the business since listing on the ASX and recommendations from accountants and financial planners. Naoumidis said he expected ...

Jumping volatility not yet swaying sentiment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... news, the unbridled enthusiasm of Chinese investors has at last taken a hit. Meanwhile the State Street Global Investor Confidence Index also rose, this time by 3.0 points to reach 68.8 from a revised December level of 65.8. North American investors ...

US titans fall, Australia will rise

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... seeing however, is a drying up of inflow into the more volatile sectors," said Farrell. Farrell believes that investor confidence is set to return, stemming primarily from the banks' increasingly measured approaches to sourcing their funds. "I see [investor ...

China's investor confidence crisis

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Following a decade-long bear market that led to a huge sell-off in the 1990s, China's investors have experienced spectacular stock gains since the wave of partial privatisations two years ago. But a dramatic sell-down that shaved 10 per cent off share ...

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... six years. Unsurprisingly, recent surveys show German business confidence at its lowest in two years, while investor confidence fell to its lowest ebb since 1992. Meantime, Europe's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index experienced its largest fall since the September ...

Perpetual FUM falls by $700m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... retail clients. Perpetual group executive - equities, Emilio Gonzalez, said the movements of the markets, and investor confidence affected by global wipe-downs and more recently, the Centro debt-refinancing fiasco, contributed to the December slump. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... survey for September and SAI Global-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) publishes its Survey of Investor Confidence. PWC launches the second edition of its research into the health of private businesses - the Private Business Barometer. ...