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Juicy Macquarie profit belies revenue fall

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Macquarie Group has announced an 18% rise in first-half profit, despite a fall in revenue. The investment bank made $361 million, up from $305 million last year, benefiting from improved market conditions. Despite subdued market conditions, chief executive ...

AMP net cash flows surge in Q3

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
AMP's growth initiatives have continued to deliver positive results with a particularly significant rise in the net cash flows in the third quarter. AMP Financial Services reported net cash flows of $605 million for the quarter compared to $335 million ...

Perennial defection triggers Zenith review

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Zenith has placed three Perennial property trusts under review, after key staff moved across to Colonial First State Global Asset Management. When Perennial head of property David Kivell replaced the outgoing Steven Hayes, an exodus from the investment ...

Russell ups risk in equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Russell Investments has dumped five defensive stocks in its latest rebalance of its value index, anticipating growth in riskier assets. Russell reconstitutes the weightings to stocks in its Russell Australia High Value and Australia High Dividend indices ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... more quickly, but growth in business fixed investment has slowed." Also true. Employment increased by only 114,000 in September - below the 200K necessary to significantly dent the jobless rate which remained at a high 7.8% last month - statistical fluke ...

Market wrap - late AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Australian stocks have opened 0.7 per cent lower, outperforming the sharp declines from offshore markets during the overnight session. At 1033 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.5 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 4,511.6 points ...

CFSGAM makes four new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has made four new hires to the listed property securities team following Stephen Hayes rejoining the firm as head of property securities in September. Tuan Pham, is re-joining the firm as a senior ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Believe me I tried... and I tried, and I tried. But I can't find no, no good news on cyberspace, on print or th airwaves this morning. The good news have all AWOL it seems. What I found instead was a listing of the bad and the ugly. Below are the Bloomberg ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street and European stocks sank on fears over debt-stricken Spain after its central bank predicted a worsening recession, and on continued US corporate earnings disappointment. At 0805 AEDT on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street and Europe's lead as investors digested a blockbuster deal leaving British oil group BP with nearly a fifth of the Russian giant Rosneft, and took stock of a souring outlook from the ...