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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has defied negative offshore leads and a flat opening to post slight gains by noon. At 1217 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.6 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 4,275.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after mostly flat trading in Europe and mixed trading on Wall Street after data showed US home sales fell unexpectedly in February and the announcement of the British annual budget. At 0809 AEDT on Thursday ...

Wannabe RockStars take to the stage for annual fundraiser

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
Ten of the finance industry's wannabe RockStars will take to the stage tonight to battle it out for FICAP's annual "Who wants to be a RockStar?" event. This year's event is raising funds for the YWCA NSW 'FICAP Voices' mentoring program and Open Family ...

Genetics not education drives investor behaviour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... evidence education attainment is a significant moderator of investment behavior. Their overall conclusion has potential to rock the wealth management world that believes people's innate investment behavioral biases can be overcome through marketing and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... ratings agency Fitch said it now considered a Greek debt default was "highly likely in the near term" as it cut the country's rock-bottom CCC rating to C, just one notch above the lowest at D. A draft Greek law - part of the rescue implementation program ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open almost half a per cent lower as jittery investors await the outcome of the Greek parliament's crucial vote on a 130-billion-euro ($A160 billion) bailout deal to stave off bankruptcy. At 0630 AEDT on Monday ...

Financial services digging deep for FICAP

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
The Financial Industry Community Aid Programme (FICAP) has signed up another three platinum sponsors for its charity concert next month. ANZ, Colonial First State and RNC Global Projects have joined returning sponsors BT Financial Group and Perpetual ...

Super assets soar with 17% annual growth rate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Australian super assets have rocketed up 17% in annual growth rate in ten years to US$1.3 trillion, or the equivalent of 96% of Australia's GDP, according to the Towers Watson Global Pension Assets Study. Australia's solid result was attributed to its ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Have you seen this morning's headline on theage.com.au? "'Ugliest' of times ahead." It's all about the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report that, "signalled a downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
Schettino: "In this moment, the boat is tipping... Commander, please..." De Falco: "No, please. You now get up and go on board..." Schettino: "I am here with the rescue boats, I am here, I am not going anywhere, I am here..." This is my personally mouse-clicked ...