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Equip/Vision launch new brand

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... Unanimously supported by the combined board of both merging funds, the 'Vision' brand will represent the confidence, optimism and determination of the fund, said chairman of the new combined super fund, Rob Spence. Currently in the merging process, operational ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... Board's index of leading economic indicators, providing more evidence that the economy has picked up speed. But that optimism was overtaken by worries about the sovereign debt crisis rocking Europe. LONDON - European stock markets closed mostly lower ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Australian stocks gained as changes of leadership in Italy and Greece stoked optimism that Europe's debt crisis would be addressed. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 4,326.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Second best month of the year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... going as planned for the S&P 500 - it's up 0.84% -- though European equities remain 2.2% under water. But the recent optimism engendered by the fresh bum on the PM seats in Europe, we still could see a plus sign in front of European equities by November's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed the week up two per cent and amid optimism on the Italian debt front. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 44 points at 4,353. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... crisis similar to the one in 2008 after Lehman Brothers fell. LONDON - European stocks closed sharply lower as any early optimism that the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would calm the markets disappeared in a wave of near panic. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... Nov 7 AAP - The Australian dollar has lifted on Tuesday morning, on the back of positive economic news from the US, and optimism around local data due today. At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the currency was trading at 103.75 US cents, up from 103.57 on Monday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... holds its annual general meeting. In Australia, on Wednesday shares posted a third consecutive trading day of losses as optimism evaporated about the eurozone debt deal after Greece's call for a referendum on the plan. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... New Zealand shares rose as the local market played catch-up after a three-day weekend when most equity markets rose on optimism for a solution to Europe's debt crisis at a summit tomorrow. OceanaGold led gainers and Pumpkin Patch fell. The NZX 50 Index ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... kicked further down the road to nowhere. Less than five days ago -- at the end of the G20 Summit in Paris -- there was optimism in the air, there seems to be consensus among the top 20 moneymen in the world that the European saga will be over by 23 October. ...