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AMP Cap hires Asian stock specialist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... posted a 30.7 per cent change in net asset value over the same period. The fund allocated 27 per cent to China's financial sector, 17 per cent to industrials and 11 per cent to the energy sector at the end of June. This appointment means the AMP Capital ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, led by the financial sector and a strong US lead. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 33.8 points, or 0.68 per cent, to 5020, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 27.3 points, or 0.54 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... Australian share market closed marginally firmer on Friday as trading consolidated following the previous day's financial sector run. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 2.9 points to 4,986.2, while the broader All Ordinaries rose 7.6 points to 5,037.6. ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... rallied overnight following unchanged monetary policy decisions by the BoE and the ECB and as worries about the US financial sector re-emerged. Slowing growth in the UK, punctuated by a falling property market left the BoE no option but to hold interest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... early losses and ended slightly higher overnight as a drop in oil prices helped restrain fresh worries about the financial sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up three points, or.06 per cent, to 4972.1, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... early losses and traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices helped restrain fresh worries about the financial sector. Investors began the day fearing more industry-wide writedowns of bad home loans after mortgage financier Freddie Mac reported ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... here has alluded to a cut at some stage in the future." "It's terrific to see. It's just what we needed." The financial sector enjoyed the renewed optimism with Commonwealth Bank of Australia adding $2.35, or 5.65 per cent to $43.60, National Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... Australian share market resumed its downward march on Friday, closing almost 1.5 per cent lower, led by falls from the financial sector amid further signs of a deteriorating economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 fell 73.4 points, or 1.47 per cent, to 4904 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... of mortgage debt at a steep loss and raising $US8.5 billion ($A8.9 billion) in new capital boosted hopes the financial sector was purging itself of the hefty losses from the US housing slump. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 266.48 points, or ...

Who's next to confess?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... 2 percent while yields on 10-year Treasuries dropped by 8 basis points on renewed concerns over the country's financial sector. European equity markets were also dragged lower. Worries were re-ignited following Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern's ...