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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket rose around 0.7 per cent in intra-day trade on Thursday morning with the biggest stocks adding around one per cent. The Australian dollar gained ground against the US dollar following the release of October employment data. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market has received positive leads from overseas, with Wall Street's key stock indices higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 20 points at ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Flat. This was how Wall Street ended while we were sleeping after climbing non-stop for six straight days. With the investment environment still fluid, investors decided last night to exchange some of their paper profits on equities and commodities ...

Job woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
"They left me to rot!" For all intents, this could be the rallying cry for the 8.2 million Americans that are now unemployed since the start of the US recession in December 2007. I speak, of course, of 40-year old Jason Rodriguez, a former employee ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas for trading on Monday, with Wall Street's key stocks indices all higher, along with gold, but other commodities lower. At 0746 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received a strong lead from US securities trading on Wall Street and gold again was higher, although other metals and oil were lower. At 0818 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was ...

Green takes reigns at AIA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
AIA Australia have appointed Damien Green as their new local chief executive. Green has been with AIA, formerly AIG Australia, since 2006 progressively directing the client services division and being heavily involved with business development and client ...

Child Care Super cuts fees, boost insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... lower costs for members, and upgraded its insurance cover last month. ACCSF introduced the tiered fee structure on 1 October - a move that will see members pay a 1.337 per cent management fee instead of the prior 1.845 per cent. For accounts with balances ...

EISS appoints Mercer as consultant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
The $2 billion plus NSW-based Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme has appointed Mercer as its new asset consultant. According to an October newsletter of EISS, which caters to employees working in the energy industry in New South Wales, Mercer was ...

Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Trick or treat? Trick or treat? Will Halloween steal Christmas away from Wall Street? It appears so given the stumble on Wall Street and most major equity markets around the world last week - sending their early October gains down the gurgler. Wall ...