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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... phase as the mining and material sector awaits the release of Chinese economic data on Friday. "It's early days, we saw a pretty flat finish on Wall Street at close," Mr Peacock said. "We are starting to see more confidence in the market, and slight ...

Tyndall seeks opportunity in loan market restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... example of fifth pillar finance where people can come in and sit next to the banks and participate in what we think are some pretty attractive opportunities." Tyndall AM is planning the launch of a senior secured loan fund before the end of the year. ...

Regulators on post-Trio watch

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... instance of superannuation fraud in a decade. "Without diminishing the implications of that, by world standards, it's been pretty good." While Trio dominated the final quarter of the discussion, other members of the panel also talked about group life ...

IOOF awards OC $50m mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... "It's a great validation for us that the performance of our team has put together over the last few years in what's been a pretty tough market," he said. The small to mid cap mandate will allow OC to invest in stocks in the space outside the top 100 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... strong gains on Wall Street. "It's looking to be a good day," he said. "The American market was up 72 points, so we've had a pretty good lead from them. I think there's broader across-the-board interest in our market today." US stocks have racked up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... on Tuesday. "I think we're just having a pause for breath, particularly as it's an RBA rates decision day. The market is pretty much around where we thought it would around which is idling around the flatline." Wall Street finished mixed after news that ...

Indonesia woos infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... infrastructure over time will help it to sustain this level of growth," Marciel said in an interview with the Jakarta Globe. "It is pretty clear that there is a need for more development of the aviation infrastructure at large and so the government feels ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... such as the GDP numbers and the general disquiet with what's happening in Europe," he said. "That's translated here in pretty savage lashing for the usual stocks. The banks are down and of course so are the resources." US stocks slid sharply, with the ...

AEI shareholders fight off board changes

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... blocks that included institutional shareholders. "They didn't get that many votes outside their own block, so shareholders pretty strongly rejected their proposals," said AEI chairman Andre Morony. AEI said that collectively, the group behind the vote ...

Vic to issue bonds to plug VisionSuper DB deficit

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... this. It's painful, but fact, because to an extent the VisionSuper side of it, subject to working through the issue, is pretty clear cut," he said. Financial Standard understands that the councils would go to market with bonds potentially underwritten ...