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AMP issues profit warning on insurance claims

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... million, or roughly 13% lower than the same period last year. The company's share price had slumped some 9% in morning trading. AMP has attributed the projected fall to poor claims and a lapse in its Australian wealth protection business in the second ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... intelligently ponder what Ben Bernanke actually told you...I...and Irene. Wall Street finished in the black on the last trading day of last week's volatile trading activity. The S&P 500 index closed 0.27% higher after dropping by 2.5% last Thursday and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... for bargains but then resumed a steep slump driven by the Federal Reserve's plans to cut easy-money stimulus. In midday trading, London's benchmark FTSE 100 was up over one per cent, with the Paris CAC and Frankfurt's DAX 30 also showing significant ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Australian shares are weaker as an Australian dollar trading below 92.50 US cents encourages overseas investors to sell banking and resource stocks. Local shares are subdued, following a two per cent-plus plunge on Thursday, following the US Federal ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... gauge of the one-day rate touched a record 30 percent". Uh-oh. This is not good for Europe - China's its second biggest trading partner. Poor Europe for this couldn't come at a worse time - a time when news just hit cyberspace that the International ...

Wilson HTM defies loss expectations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... might not have a significant effect on the wealth of a high net worth client, but if we invest on companies that start trading at 50 cents and end up at 4 or 5 dollars, that is significant," Coppin said. Wilson HTM is also reinforcing its wealth management ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly lower, with focus on the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the trading day. But Tokyo enjoyed another rally as data showed a surge in exports thanks to a weaker yen. Wall Street again provided ...

Market higher but eyes are on US Fed

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Australian shares were stronger at noon, with trading levels light as investors await a crucial economic statement from the US Federal Reserve. The Fed is meeting on Wednesday in the US, and if indicates its $US85 billion a month asset purchase program ...

FIIG appoints joint heads of intermediaries

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... worked for eight years at investment bank UBS, most recently in London as executive director managing commodity index trading. Prior to that, she worked in convertible bond and sub debt proprietary trading. Gross, who will be based in Sydney, was previously ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... raise or fold - before Big Ben Bernanke shows his hands. Gauging from Wall Street's back-to-back gains over the first two trading days of this week, it appears that the money is on Big Ben revealing that tapering would happen later rather than sooner. ...