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Trader's market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
What's the trouble with Wall Street? It can't seem to make its mind these past three days - down, up, down. US equity indices closed lower last night after rising the day before and falling before the day before. Just writing that sentence has gotten ...

Britten exits BlackRock

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Will Britten, head of BlackRock Australia, is leaving the firm mid year while Damien Frawley has been appointed his successor. In a press statement, Britten announced that he will be leaving the firm in order to rebalance his work and home commitments. ...

OAMPS hires former AXA manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
OAMPS Insurance Brokers has appointed former state manager of Victoria and Tasmania at AXA Australia, Michael Meysztowicz, as general manager of the firm's life division. Prior to his role as state manager, Meysztowicz managed AXA's Discovery program ...

Harvard puts property on sale

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The $29 billion Harvard University endowment fund is looking to sell a slice of its $5 billion-plus real estate portfolio to lessen its exposure to embattled property markets. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the fund is looking to deploy ...

Positive spin to bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Analyse this! US home sales tumble big time as Wall Street rises. Yes Virginia, the past two days of trading activity on The Street exemplifies the equity market's wild and wacky psychology -- that's if you're watching the daily ups and downs. Yesterday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Wednesday as weaker base metals prices pulled back the resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 61.4 points weaker, by 1.3 per cent, at 4,656.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Aus Unity improves customer software

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Australian Unity has hired Sword Ciboodle to improve its customer related business software and services. The financial services firm has developed a roadmap to deploy Sword Ciboodle across a number of businesses, with in initial focus on campaign management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open lower after Wall Street indices were down overnight, and commodity prices fell. At 0822 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 54 points lower at 4,664. In economic news on ...

VTP board backs capital return to shareholders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... return that would amount to about 95 per cent of VTP's gross tangible assets. That capital return would be funded by the sale of shares held in the investment portfolio. Shareholders are expected to vote on the proposal on 8 April this year. Stuart Nisbett ...

Austock appoints former Merrill chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Austock Group has appointed former chief executive at Bank of America - Merrill Lynch Australia, Paul Masi, as chief executive and managing director of the group. Masi has held a number of investment positions at BZW during the 1990s including head ...