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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... 500 points and easing fears of a global credit crisis similar to the one that followed the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers. Big US banks were among the top gainers, jumping as much as seven per cent. European banks hold large amounts of European government ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... countries. Never mind that - for now - there are still no takers. Never mind too that a,-1 tril is too small to salvage too big too fail Italy - it has a,-1.8 tril worth of public debt according to The Guardian. Never mind that "the IMF has under US$400 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... contract was 12 points lower at 4,122, with 20,322 contracts traded. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the big four banks were responsible for the turnaround on the market. "The banks have changed course," he said. "There was a threatened ...

Snowball re-brands for future

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... that's a space that deserves to be explored...a professional advice firm makes sense to us. You're going to need to be pretty big to compete with those large competitors, so our eyes are wide open as to what we need to do to be part of that larger end ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... Quality's banner "never underestimate the power of optimism" - or something along those lines. Speaking of optimism, it was the big jump in US consumer confidence that did it for the markets last night - adding to improving eco stats we've seen over ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
Australian shares have posted modest gains after strong rises overseas due to a positive retail performance in the United States and hopes of developments on Europe's debt crisis. The local market's early gains were more moderate than those offshore ...

The Rock and MyState merger approved

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
The Rock Building Society potential merger with MyState Limited is one step closer after Rock shareholders vote heavily in favour of the move. If it goes ahead, it will create one of Australia's leading listed community-focused financial services groups ...

Equip/Vision launch new brand

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
The $10 billion merged entity of Equipsuper and Vision Super, to launch in June next year, will retain the Vision brand it was announced today. Unanimously supported by the combined board of both merging funds, the 'Vision' brand will represent the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
The Australian share market is set to continue its rally as world markets rose overnight on hopes of progress on Europe's debt crisis. At 0824 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was 26 points higher at 4,104. The market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
The Australian sharemarket has continued to weaken for the sixth consecutive day, in line with losses on European markets. At noon the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 52 points, or 1.3 per cent, at 4,000, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...