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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
... the local bourse closed lower, but managed to claw back sharp early losses as investors spooked by tensions in the Middle East began dipping their toes back into the market. The S&P/ASX200 index fell 9.9 points to 4956.2 while the all ordinaries index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2006
... The stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell on Friday in response to mounting violence in the Middle East. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 24 points to 4903. Today, the Reserve Bank ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
... 1,242.29. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index was down 1.6 percent, its biggest loss in a month as growing tension in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher and miners slumped on commodity price declines. The FTSE 100 fell 95.6 points to 5,765.0, its ...

DeAM adds Asia Pac CIO

... management has announced a key appointment to the newly created role of chief investment officer, Asia Pacific and Middle East. Ayaz Ebrahim steps into the new position in the first quarter of the new financial year and will operate out of Hong Kong. ...

Funds leave the US, bound for Japan

Investors have shunned US equity funds, channeling funds into Japanese equity funds instead. One of the more pronounced trends of 2005 continued in the first quarter of calendar year 2006, with investors pulling money out of US equity funds and pouring ...

Australian to fill European State Street role

State Street Corporation (State Street) has appointed an Australian head of investor services to oversee the UK, Middle East and South Africa. Peter Baker, former managing director of State Street Australia and more recently managing director of investor ...

HSBC Appoints three in Custody and Clearing

... fill the Manager position of Corporate Actions. Nick Bryan, Head of HSBC Securities Services for the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Latin American regions, said the appointments seek to increase security and service for Australian clients. "I am pleased ...

Citigroup appoints head of new wealth management business

... Advisors. Yang will report to Citigroup's global wealth management's chief executive officer for Asia Pacific and Middle East, Deepak Sharma and to Citigroup's country officer for Australia Les Matheson in relation to any regulatory matters. Yang has ...

First six months flat for Platinum

... were the best performers taking advantage of investors' readiness to accept higher risk levels. South America and the Middle East were the finest performers gaining more than 20 per cent each. Asian markets, excluding Japan, closely followed them. Platinum ...

HHG closes Towry Law to new business

... The former AMP-owned UK-based financial services group said it would close its financial planning operations in the Middle East and Japan while the Hong Kong operation would remain open as the client services centre for ongoing business. HHG said the ...