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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... 2.94 per cent, to 1,591.71 and the broad Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 22.75 points, or 2.69 per cent, to 868.6. LONDON - European stocks ended the week with sharp gains, led by gains on Wall Street driven by expectations of the approval of a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... index rose 13.62, or 1.64 per cent, to 845.85, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 31.19, or 2.06 per cent, to 1,546.24. LONDON - Global equities were mixed on Thursday as investors digested interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone plus weaker-than-expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... 6.15, or 0.73 per cent, to 832.36, and the Nasdaq composite index was 1.25 points lower, or by 0.08 per cent, to 1,515.05. LONDON - World stock markets rallied on Wednesday as investors took their cue from better-than-expected US data, with some analysts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... index rose 12.99, or 1.57 per cent, to 838.43, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 21.87, or 1.46 per cent, to 1,516.3. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets rose sharply on Tuesday, rolling back earlier losses as Wall Street bounced, but analysts ...

UK govt to introduce personal accounts scheme

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
London-based Datamonitor is urging pension providers to talk to existing clients about the impact of the impending Personal Accounts legislation. The Personal Accounts scheme, which the UK government is implementing to encourage more public saving ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... 1,494.43 and the broad Standard & Poor's 500 index ended virtually unchanged, down 0.45 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 825.43. LONDON - European stock markets dropped on Monday, dragged down by shares in ailing banks and a bleak report on US consumer spending ...

Ashton taps vulture funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... gearing itself for opportunities in the distressed debt market. The Bondi-based fund manager, which has offices in New York, London and Hong Kong, employs a "boutique approach, global advantage" philosophy to its business model, says Ashton Advisors ...

State Street's PE business rises 60 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... equity fund this year. State Street's private equity business includes more than 2,400 employees across Boston, Ireland, London, New York, Tokyo, Toronto, Sydney and New Jersey. According to a spokesperson, State Street aren't planning to hire any more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... per cent, to 1,476.42. The broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index retreated 19.26 points, or 2.28 per cent, to 825.88. LONDON - European stock markets dropped on Friday after the release of data showing unemployment in the eurozone at a two-year high ...

FTSE buys US pensions benchmark corp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... also appointed PBC owner, Tom Nadbielny as the firm's quantitative research director. Nadbielny will manage the firm's London, New York and Hong Kong research teams. "Index users are seeking increasingly sophisticated indexing tools and associated data ...