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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... cent, to 3,305.07 points. TOKYO - Tokyo finished higher, climbing for a sixth straight day on hopes of a recovery in corporate earnings. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose 71.14 points, or 0.74 per cent to 9,723.16 points -- the best finish since July ...

Yellow Brick Road drops acquisition strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... business now provides tax and business advice. The group now also offers legal services, general insurance, mortgages and corporate advisory services. The business' financial planning business alone has more than $400 million in funds under advice. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... 954.58. LONDON - European stock markets closed higher, extending gains to a seventh straight day after largely positive US corporate results bolstered growing optimism. London's FTSE 100 index gained 37.55 points, or 0.85 per cent, at 4,481.17 points. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... Monday, stocks rallied as reports of a private-sector rescue for business lender CIT Group and an improved outlook for corporate earnings helped the market extend hefty gains from last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 104.21 points, or ...

Mercer Sentinel hires two

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... Engineering and a post graduate diploma in Mass Communication & Journalism. He is currently pursuing a degree in Law (Corporate and Finance). Matthew Heeney has also joined the Mercer Sentinel as a senior consultant to provide advice on issues associated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... stocks rallied on Monday as reports of a private-sector rescue for business lender CIT Group and an improved outlook for corporate earnings helped the market extend hefty gains from last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 104.21 points, or ...

Shareholder activism misses the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
Super fund and investment manager activism against listed company boards is misdirected, according to a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), Lynn Ralph, managing director at Cameron Ralph ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... points. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.6 per cent on Friday after strong results at JPMorgan boosted optimism about corporate earnings, but gains were capped by political uncertainty ahead of an election next month. The Nikkei-225 climbed 51.16 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... The Australian sharemarket is expected to continue the week's gains, following another positive day on Wall Street on corporate earnings reports. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 31 points higher ...

Look past asset classes: Weaven

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... post-GFC investment strategy, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Weaven, who spoke at the International Corporate Governance Network conference in Sydney, said it was now more important than ever for super funds to pick investments ...