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AMP Capital expands Aust Eq team

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... Swedbank Robur equity portfolio manager, Jonas Palmqvist, was appointed as senior portfolio manager and analyst for the financials sector. Palmqvist has 14 years' experience in the industry, including as a sell-side equity analyst for Merrill Lynch in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... Cameron Peacock said weaker resources stocks had outweighed a positive performance by banks in morning trade. "Definitely financials are performing well on the upside and, I guess on the flipside, you have got a little bit of profit-taking across materials," ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... are pretty much broad-based gains in the local market at the moment," Mr Potter said. "A lot of the points were from financials and the industrials." The major four banks all trading higher at noon. Westpac was the best of them, up 52 cents, or 2.39 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... from its morning high to trade in a flat range by noon, with materials and energy stocks buffering modest falls in financials. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.6 points, or 0.01 per cent, lower at 4,693.6 points, down from its high of ...

QIC sees stronger Aus equities in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... off, whether or not it's enacted," he said. As a result, he said that QIC favours resources energy and transport over financials, telcos and property.

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Australian share market opened 0.4 per cent higher, pushed up by materials and financials stocks after a positive lead from Wall Street. By 1015 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 19.1 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 4,603.8, while the broaker ...

AWM advisers join AFA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
More than 300 Australian Wealth Management financials advisers have signed up to the Association of Financial Advisers - bringing the industry association's membership to approximately 7,000 advisers. Four licensees including Bridges Financial Services ...

Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... sector, but also it's broad exposure to industrial stocks which has helped performance over the year." "Looking at financials and being underweight with the banks over the last year has also helped," said Trusler. Over all, the S&P/ASX300 rose 1.8 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
The Australian share market was flat at noon, as financials offset a weaker resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.8 points, or 0.04 per cent at 4,686.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 2.2 ...

Slim pickings in intl equities: van Eyk

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... ramifications and the fact that Australia has some of the most expensive markets in the world, such as consumer staples and financials. "We are not necessarily arguing that international equities are exceedingly cheap, they are cheap and we are overweight. ...