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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... have, perhaps, bottomed but we will also continue to take offshore leads throughout the week," he said. The local financial sector was also 3.54 per cent higher, with all the major retail banks gaining ground. National Australia Bank was the strongest ...

Sydney's financial centre ranking slips five places

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... and London holding their clear regional leads. The GFCI is compiled using survey results obtained from 1,887 financial sector respondents who were asked to assess 14 factors, the top five being the availability of skilled personnel, regulatory environment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... outperformed, up 2.13 per cent, with medical diagnostic company Sonic Healthcare gaining 3.63 per cent to $11.70. The financial sector was driving the market higher, recovering slightly from a major sell-off last week to trade 1.4 per cent up, after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... higher. Wesfarmers was the top performing stock in the top 20, trading almost two per cent higher at $31.11. The financial sector was 0.9 per cent higher and industrials were up 0.91 per cent. Making news in local trade, Westpac shares were 25 cents ...

ACSI: executive salaries soar above share value

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... companies were deferring significant proportions of annual bonuses into equity vesting over time, particularly in the financial sector.

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... tricky feedback loop to banks. "Then the answer was unprecedented monetary accommodation, direct support for the financial sector and a dose of fiscal stimulus. Now monetary policy is more constrained, banking problems will again have to be addressed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... higher and generally held onto those gains during the morning, with big market contributors in the mining and financial sector leading the way. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the investors welcomed CBA's full year profit result, which he ...

BetaShares adds major currencies to ETF range

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... codes 'POU' and 'EEU'. Last week BetaShares launched two leveraged trading tools, MINIs, over its resources and financial sector ETFs, giving investors the chance to access short and long term positions.

Govt $41m finance centre launches new projects

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... strategic link between academia, financial regulators, Government and the financial industry, the centre will assess financial sector developments and regulatory responses. "The creation of the Centre for International Finance and Regulation is a key ...

BetaShares targets active ETF traders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Australian market. In partnership with Citigroup, BetaShares has launched two 'MINIs' over its resources and financial sector ETFs, giving investors the chance to access short and long term positions. Citigroup's MINIs are leveraged trading tools, classified ...