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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... variety of sectors were trading strongly. "It's a little bit stronger than what we expected," Mr Peacock said. "The financial sector is doing very well at the moment on the back of the results released from the Commonwealth Bank, and the health care ...

Wilson heads-up COIN

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... advice technology and platform space is a good complement to Rubik's core banking technology expertise in the financial sector. "We are committed to Rubik being a leading provider of independent wealth technology in the Australasian market place." More ...

Corporate bonds stagnant in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... are low, which makes Australia an attractive bond investment opportunity. However, while the yields on the non-financial sector company bonds don't look particularly attractive, Haywood said, GAM are currently looking at financial company bonds despite ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... is correct, depends on a financial planner or advisor to work in their interests. New reforms will ensure the financial sector operates better, more informatively and [be] more accountable than pre Trio," he said. He said he wasn't necessarily advocating ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... IRESS data. Metals and minerals stocks (down 1.42 per cent), the materials sector (down 1.26 per cent) and the financial sector (down 0.75 per cent) also were having a bad day. Bell Potter Securities senior adviser Stuart Smith said worries about debt-ridden ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... points. Madrid's IBEX-35 index was up 0.44 per cent at 6,566.70 points, however, and Bankia shares surged as the financial sector staged a dramatic recovery despite the downgrade news. HONG KONG - Asian markets slumped and the euro fell further as the ...

Fidelity: Asia focusing on intra-region trade

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Despite growing fears about a decline in manufacturing, Asia is underpinned by resilient domestic demand and strong growth in intra-region trade, according to Fidelity. Asian economies are less dependent on OECD countries than in the past, said David ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... cents to $35.21, Oil Search shed eight cents to $7.06 and Santos was three cents lower at $14.54. Gains in the financial sector partly offset weaker resources stocks, with the major banks modestly higher. ANZ was up 15 cents at $22.45, Commonwealth Bank ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... $20.47, ANZ eased four cents to $21.76, and Commonwealth Bank gave away 27 cents at $47.77. Elsewhere in the financial sector, insurer IAG was up six cents at $3.26 after it said it would cut 600 jobs over the next three years as part of a restructure ...

Trustee Corporations Association members join FSC

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... trustee companies and Public Trustees. "Statutory trustee corporations have a proud history within Australia's financial sector, with a well-earned reputation of integrity and trust," said Atkin. "They maintain high professional and ethical standards ...