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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... oversight of their budgets. Nine other EU nations are considering it. Britain is the lone holdout. The agreement came after marathon overnight talks among European leaders at a two-day summit in Brussels. A deal on tighter fiscal control is considered ...

Future2 cyclists cross the finish line

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... finish line event and at 5 - 6.30 pm at the Plaza, 60 Martin Place for a reception hosted by BT Financial. It's been a marathon undertaking but their charitable efforts have been rewarded along the way by warm welcomes in every community they have passed ...

BT Future2 Wheel Classic hits the road

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
A 1250 km marathon cycle ride from Bourke to Sydney - set to raise $100,000 from the financial planning profession to support disadvantaged young Australians - sets out from Bourke tomorrow and ends in Martin Place on Friday 16 September. Ray Griffin ...

European authorities will blink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... Just looked at what happened in financial markets yesterday when news spread that the seven-hour Greek problem-solving marathon of European finance ministers produced a "too hard, we'll try again next month" conclusion. For the life of me, I don't understand ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... grim, economists said. Chevron and ConocoPhillips shares both picked up 0.8 per cent, while Hess added 1.6 per cent and Marathon 2.8 per cent. The day saw the entry to the market of Russian internet search power Yandex, the first Russian company to carry ...

Year of the Bunny

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... safe you wouldn't believe it. Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful. -Marathon Man (1976) If you think 2010 was a challenging year, early indications are that financial markets are in for another period ...

AMIST awards Vanguard mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... - a time that coincides with the equity run late last year. At the time, the group allocated $4 million each to JANA, Marathon Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management for international equities, and $10 million with Cooper Investors in Australian ...

AMIST tilts $28m into equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... equity markets. Cooper Investors was allocated another $10 million to be invested in Australian equities while JANA, Marathon Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management were given an additional $4 million each for international equity exposure. "We'd ...

Tasplan awards $42m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
Tasplan has reshuffled its funds manager line-up as it appoints a $24.1 million mandate to Marathon Asset Management and a separate $18.3 million to T. Rowe Price. "We've appointed Marathon as a global equity manager, and also T. Rowe Price as a specialist ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... sharply by easing fears about weaker US demand for energy. Adding to the energy rally were higher-than-expected profit from Marathon Oil Corp and Chevron Corp, the second-largest US oil company. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 48.20 points, or ...