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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... weakness in the Japanese yen which buoyed exporters, and by investors looking to secure dividends before the financial year end. Shares in a broad swathe of sectors climbed on Friday, including chip-linked shares such as Advantest and Tokyo Electron ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
"Absolutely not!" "That will never happen to this country." This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's when ABC News asked if he was concerned over a possible downgrade of America's credit rating. Worries about the US credit rating made the headlines ...

EQT reopens small companies fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Equity Trustees and SG Hiscock have reopened their EQT SGH Wholesale Small Companies Fund after a hiatus. Equity Trustees is the Responsible Entity of the fund, while SG Hiscock is the investment manager. The move follows increasing interest from existing ...

Christmas comes early for job seekers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... due to the GFC can take heart that employers are once again opening their doors to new employees, even as the calendar year end approaches. Figures from the latest D&B Business Expectations Survey show that just under 15 per cent of employers were looking ...

PPM opens fund to more Australians

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
Boutique investment manager Private Portfolio Managers (PPM) is opening its doors to more investors through the PPM York Super Fund. PPM currently offers tailored individually managed accounts (IMA) investment strategies to investors looking to invest ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
September is upon us! Yes, that single month of the year which historically has been statistically observed to be the cruellest for stock markets. Forget the "Great Crash" of October 1929 or "Black Monday" in October 1987, October's historical average ...

Westpoint auditors get just desserts

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Three KPMG partners have been banned as registered auditors for periods ranging from nine to 24 months following ASIC's crackdown on their roles in the Westpoint collapse. ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings (EUs) from three partners of KPMG's ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
Meredith Whitney is the name, don't wear it out! It took just one woman with gumption to whip Wall Street back in the right direction. US President Obama, displaying his inherent gift of the gab, was ignored. So were US Treasury Timmy Geithner and Ben ...

Morris quits as BTIM chief

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... his resignation yesterday, will step down from his role as chief executive on 1 October, after the company's financial year end. Morris is leaving the role after overseeing BT as a listed company for its first year and a half. "I have decided to step ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... Forum. On Monday, the Australian share market closed slightly lower, after directionless trade ahead of the financial year end. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 dropped 16.9 points, or 0.43 per cent, to 3886.9, and the broader All Ordinaries lost 16.8 points ...