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Sevior will not return: Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... year. His deputy on the fund, Paul Skamvougeras, has taken over the role. On June 23 Matt McKinnon, general manager, Retail Sales Australian Equities told Financial Standard that Sevior may not return to his original role but instead could explore new ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... far short of what was needed to contain that region's debt crisis. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that retail sales rose for the sixth straight month in November. Sales increased just 0.2 percent, below what analysts had expected. But the government ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... markets be more spooked off their pants? Better the financial press use the indications from the latest update on US retail sales. Ahhh... but this too could be spun depending on which way the stock indices performed. Dow down because US retail sales ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... target investments in the US and Europe. Such a move, coming after news Friday that China's industrial production and retail sales grew in line with expectations, is expected to boost resources and energy stocks on the hope that commodity prices will ...

UBS: Stocks gaining momentum

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... change in the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) from hawkish to a more neutral approach paired with four good months of retail sales are helped by credit momentum picking up and better housing sentiment. "These are green shoots, they can turn brown but ...

BT aligned advice boutique appoints new chief

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... Financial Group, and has a staff of 14 authorised representatives. Most recently Watts was Commonwealth's area manager retail sales and service for the far north coast of New South Wales, and spent 20 years at Westpac in various financial, planning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... much commotion as investors ploughed into now cheap markets. On the positive side, the markets cheered strong US retail sales after the Thanksgiving holiday. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies rose 2.87 per cent to 5,312.76 points. In Paris ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... pay to borrow. Despite the caution over Europe, investors were buoyed by US figures released Tuesday that showed retail sales continued to rise in October, helped by a jump in electronics and appliances. A key manufacturing index for New York also surged ...

Europe push-US pull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... More strengthening eco stats were reported while we slept. Coming on the heels of yesterday's better-than expected retail sales and Empire State manufacturing reports, the Federal Reserve released industrial production figures that showed factory output ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 28.98 (1.09 per cent) to 2,686.20. US data released Tuesday showed that retail sales continued to rise in October, helped by a jump in electronics and appliances, while inflation was muted at the wholesale level. ...