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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... first half performance in financial 2012 would be broadly similar to the second half of financial 2011. Fashion retailer Country Road was unchanged at $3.20 as it said sales so far this financial year were down and it expected difficult trading conditions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... government October labour report. Wall Street kept an eye on developments in Europe, where a planned Greek referendum on the country's latest European Union rescue has sparked fears the country will default on its debt, and possibly leave the eurozone. ...

Chi-X and ASX go head to head

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
Chi-X Australia, the Australian stock exchange's first competitor and the country's first foreign-owned stock exchange operator, opened for business with a 'soft launch' today. Once this initial phase is completed, Chi-X will then move from trading ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... and/or sovereign wealth funds and/or the BRICs. French head Sarkozy is reportedly already in negotiations with China - the country with loose change to spare - to drop some coins into the EFSF kitty. Now comes the hard part - implementation. Yup, we're ...

Govt infra paper opens investment doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... more investment opportunities to the market given the capital available, the investor interest and the imperative of the country to enhance our infrastructure." Mangini said when the Government announced infrastructure initiatives in its Budget that ...

Asia growth to transform business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... Australia. Dr Gupta cited Australia's positioning with Indonesia as an important opportunity. Indonesia is the fourth biggest country in the region by population, the fifth biggest economy in greater Asia and the biggest in South East Asia. Dr Gupta ...

Unlocking the door to adviser education

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... but also to educate the public on what we do," said Kelly. "There is a real problem in Australia, it is an uneducated country. I say that because only two out of every 10 people are seeking advice and we know that advice improves lives." "I think we ...

Eaton Vance launches first Australian domiciled fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... believe that issuer fundamentals are strong with current defaults well below the historical average." Nicholas Allen, country representative for Eaton Vance in Australia, is optimistic about the fund's prospects in Australia. "Eaton Vance has been coming ...

Industry panel turns up FOFA heat

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... Super Network (ISN) chief executive. "Super is complicated," said Whitely. "It is one of the great economic issues of this country. It is a big part of the Australian economy...advice is in addition to super and fees need to be disclosed so we can understand." ...

Credit Suisse: Aus second highest average wealth in the world

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... highest wealth per adult in the Asia Pacific region. He also maintained deleveraging was a 'sensible' response to the country's rapid rise in wealth. "I think its actually very healthy that an element of that rising wealth is being used to reduce leverage ...