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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... the broader All Ordinaries index lost 61.1 points, or 1.28 per cent, to 4,706.7 points. NEW YORK - US stocks fell for a third straight session on Friday, with the tech sector in focus after weak results from computer maker Dell on the heels of a downgrade ...

Planners should be fiduciaries: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... recommending. "Well, it is utterly inconsistent to have fiduciary obligations between a financial planner, the client, and have a third party which is a product provider such as a major retail super fund paying commissions or rebates or volume rebates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... Australia releases its monthly bulletin, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases average weekly earnings data for the third quarter. In companies news, Mirvac Group, Goodman Fielder Ltd, Brambles Ltd and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd hold annual ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... it's economy is growing nicely, thank you very much. Real GDP expanded at a stunning annualised rate of 4.8 per cent in the third quarter. But no! Iie! Nein! Nyet! Japan remains worried about deflation. So much so that on the same day the GDP report ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... points: how much consumers are spending. Retailers Home Depot Inc, Saks Inc and Target Corp all reported better-than-expected third-quarter results but also said they remain cautious ahead of the holiday shopping season. Better news on the retail front ...

QIC appoints head of funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... York and was responsible for servicing clients with a total of $215 billion of assets, including $70 billion in assets for third party institutional clients. Prior to working at Principal Global Investors, McNeilage spent 14 years at Towers Perrin in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... confidence. Market sentiment received a boost from a report showing that the European Union finally emerged from recession in the third quarter. In London, the FTSE 100 index closed at 5,296.38, up 19.88 points, or 0.38 per cent, with investors excited ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... at 22,397.57. HSBC fell 1.1 per cent after rising 6.2 per cent to a 13-month high in the previous session due to strong third-quarter earnings. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market posted modest gains on Thursday, with confirmation that another ...

Retirement worries worse than job loss

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... representative of Australia's population by gender, age and location. According to the research, paying the mortgage ranked third in the list of financial concerns, followed by losing one's job and healthcare expenses. Meanwhile, public sector funds ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... that 'it is in nobody's interest to see the US dollar collapse'. This may be true. But wait till China rises from being the third biggest economy in the world to the biggest. Lucky I still have some Chinese renminbi's hidden under my bed.