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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
The Australian share market has received a weak lead from Wall Street where disappointing earnings and economic data put an end to the recent rally. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down four ...

AMP Capital adds ESG researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
AMP Capital Investors has hired Mans Carlsson-Sweeny as an environmental, social and governance (ESG) analyst. He joins the firm after working at independent advisory firm Arbor Partners where he provided sustainable investment research to institutional ...

Gen-Y super Individuum shuts down

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
IOOF-owned online super fund for Gen-Yers, Individuum, has been closed down with funds pooled to one of the parent company's superannuation options. The super fund was closed to new money and shut down approximately a year ago, according to an IOOF ...

Fidelity's Bolton eyes small to mid-size China stocks

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
One of Fidelity's investment stalwarts, Anthony Bolton, believes in the potential of the Chinese stockmarket so much he moved to Hong Kong three months ago, and predicts small to mid-size stocks in the region show the best promise. The president of ...

ESI Super and SPEC Super confirm merger

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
ESI Super and SPEC Super have agreed to merge and create a $3.4 billion fund. The merger was flagged in April this year and is expected to be completed by March next year. The decision follows Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Minter Ellison and KPMG completing ...

Half-filled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
Another set of dismal data again failed to get Wall Street down last night. Big-named US companies that reported their second quarter results overnight came up short of expectations and worse, some even downgraded their earnings guidance. Data out on ...

NAB granted more time on AXA bid

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH), AXA SA and National Australia Bank (NAB) have agreed to extend the period for NAB to address the competition commission's concerns till the end of August. The comes after all three entities announced they were close ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Three Ohio pension funds have won a $840 million settlement from AIG after the insurer agreed to settle claims of accounting violations and stock price manipulation, in the tenth-largest securities class action settlement in U.S. history. Ohio Attorney ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
The Australian share market has received a modest negative lead from offshore markets as Wall Street traders examined the details of an overhaul of the US financial system and Goldman Sachs' settlement of fraud charges. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...