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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's trading more than one per cent higher and after local shares rose on Wednesday. At 0840 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 27 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open lower on Wednesday due to doubts European leaders will agree on a package to resolve Europe's escalating debt crisis. Wall Street and European markets fell overnight due to reports key parts of the rescue ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, after Wall Street and the major Europen markets finished up overnight. At 0847 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 32 points at 4,281. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... ECRI's virgin moment. Somethin' good is suggested by the last US payrolls report that showed increased by 103,000 in September - better than expectations for a 60,000 gain - with 137,000 heads added to private payrolls. Even better, revisions to July ...

Lonsec hands Solaris top rating

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Boutique Australian equities manager Solaris Investment Management's Core Australian Equity Fund has received a 'Highly Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The rating applies to both the retail and performance fee option, which are style neutral strategies ...

Antares makes global bond fund management appointment

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Antares Fixed Income has appointed Mark Nordio as its new global bond fund manager. Nordio comes from BlackRock where he was director and portfolio manager for fixed interest, with responsibility for both domestic and global bonds. In his new role ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar rose almost one US cent as traders position themselves in preparation for the weekend's crucial eurozone summit. Overnight, Greek members of parliament passed a deeply resented austerity bill that has led to violent protests on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
The Australian share market lost more ground during intra-day trading, with mining stocks falling on a negative outlook for iron ore prices. The major indices opened around one per cent lower and by midday had marked deeper losses. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Retail annuity sales boost Challenger results

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Challenger Life's retail annuity sales rose 13% in the quarter ending September 30, totalling $509 million for the three months. This was the biggest quarterly total the company has had, excluding one-off transactions. Challenger Life's total annuity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street closed down. At 0717 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 37 points at 4,181. In economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank assistant governor ...