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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... a record low. Economists cautioned against reading too much into the increase. Market optimism also came from the US corporate earnings front. As many companies lived up to expectations of higher-than-expected profits, FedEx, a top US package-shipping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... luncheon. In Australia on Friday, the share market closed higher following a surge on Wall Street driven by strong US corporate earnings. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 83.7 points, or 1.91 per cent, at 4,458.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... positions opportunistically. "We also like Thai banks, where we see potential for multi-year expansion driven by a strong corporate investment cycle," Erlanson said. Seres Asset Management is a boutique fund manager specialising in Asian equities, formed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... contracts traded. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the local market's strong day was due to the strong corporate results from the US overnight and comments from Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke. Bernanke told a House of Representatives ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... down 33.9 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 4,394.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Thursday amid better-than-expected corporate earnings, despite economic uncertainty. The market shrugged off a series of mixed economic data and focused on second-quarter ...

FPA maintains stance on commission ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... the banning of commissions on investments. Luke Hartsuyker, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation, corporate law and consumer affairs, previously said moving to a fee for service structure wouldn't resolve conflicts of interest issues. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... territory but lost momentum as investors absorbed disturbing new data from the US and disappointing results on Monday from corporate giants IBM and Texas Instruments. The FTSE 100 index closed down 8.82 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 5,139.46 points. FRANKFURT ...

SEC launches new divisions to protect investors

SEC RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
US-based Securities and Exchange Commissions has created three specialised corporate finance divisions that will oversee large financial institutions, asset backed securities and structured products. The newly created disclosure office will expand the ...

SSgA cuts securities lending on fixed income funds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... World Government Bond Index Fund; SSgA EMU Government Bond Index Fund; SSgA UK Government Bond Index Fund and SSgA US Corporate Bond Index Fund. Also on the list were the SSgA US Government Bond Index Fund; SSgA Euro Corporate Bond Index Fund; SSgA Euro ...

Business still unhappy with SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... employer association declaration argues that the mining tax deal that allows for only a one percentage point drop in the corporate tax rate will not sufficiently offset the increased wage costs because many of impacted businesses will not benefit from ...