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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
The Australian stock market had suffered its sharpest drop in almost two months by noon as investors took fright over the ongoing troubles in the Eurozone. Australia's major market indices were down nearly three per cent after talks collapsed in Greece ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
OMG! We're really in trouble now, Italian-sized big trouble. Italy - the economy that's considered too big to bail - looks like it's gonna need one as the yield on its 10-year government bonds surged past the 7% bailout mark. Italian 10-year bonds rose ...

AllianceBernstein adds Aust manager to Asia Pacific team

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
AllianceBernstein has continued its spate of hires for its Asia Pacific team, adding a Melbourne-based portfolio manager just weeks after appointing a credit analyst and economist. Former head of rates strategies at ING Investment Management Australia ...

Insto clients forecast a low growth world economy

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Pessimism about the outlook for global growth has significantly worsened since March, according to a survey of institutional clients by global investment management firm PIMCO. PIMCO surveyed clients before its recent Macroeconomic Forum and asked respondents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
The Australian share market is set to open higher after Wall Street rose on news Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would resign once a new budget was passed. At 0829 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 56 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Australian stocks were firmer at noon, but the market has eased back from the half a per cent gain at the start of the local trading day as investors look towards the unfolding situation in Europe. At 1210 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 7 AAP - The Australian dollar has lifted on Tuesday morning, on the back of positive economic news from the US, and optimism around local data due today. At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the currency was trading at 103.75 US cents, up from 103.57 ...

ANZ profit climbs 19% to $5.36 billion

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
ANZ has recorded positive growth of 19% putting its full year statutory profit at $5.36 billion, with the bank's strategic focus on its Asian and institutional divisions. ANZ's underlying profit was up 12% to $5.65 billion for the financial year ending ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
The Fed has spoken and financial markets thought they liked what they heard. To be sure, to be sure, the 1.5% rebound on Wall Street overnight - and an almost equivalent bounce in Europe - is as welcome as welcome could be. Anything that could break ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the positive lead of the Dow Jones overnight despite no sign US unemployment was letting up nor America's growth picking up substantially. At 0620 AEDT on Thursday, the December share ...