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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... and productivity data," said Colonial First State head of investment markets research, Stephen Halmarick. "The RBA made pretty substantial upward revisions to growth forecasts, as well. "Every sector is up at the moment." BHP Billiton was up 55 cents ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... ways to go, up from 52% in September and back to the level of pessimism expressed in July. Only 29% said the economy had "pretty much hit bottom," down from 35% last month." So where does this leave investors? Ahhh...we also have a survey to measure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... there at Christmas." Mr Wright said the energy sector was up but investors weren't getting too excited. "Energy stocks have pretty underwhelming moves - half to one per cent," he said. The price of light sweet crude oil for November delivery closed 52 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... Craig Walker said a positive lead from European and US markets was helping to buoy local stocks. "The market opened up pretty strongly and is still performing quite well, thus far," Mr Walker said. "The main contributors today are the four major banks ...

Spam levels threaten inbox safety

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... systems had been patched or updated. "The reality is with good messaging security at the front end of your inbox most are pretty well protected," he said. But even regularly updated software can only go so far as the security threats continue to grow. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... drivers for the market today," Mr Walker said. "The biggest news which has come through the market: Harvey Norman posted some pretty good results. They have given a bit of a boost to some of the stocks in the retail sector." Harvey Norman has reported ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... falls were not as steep as in the US on Monday. "We saw a big sell off in the US overnight and the market here has held up pretty well," Mr Foulsham said. "A lot of it was priced into the local market before we closed on Monday. "People certainly aren't ...

Advisers choose definitions over technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... product including policy definitions and then second would be the underwriting process," he said. "Because we operate with a pretty limited range of providers there would be a pre-requisite of the quality of their claims history and processing system ...

Planning firms on buying spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... firm's lending had gone up in the second half as adviser firms embark on a buying spree. "The first part of the year was pretty quiet... there was a lack of activity in the cycle, although the second half of the year it's certainly picked up," said Melville. ...

Ripoll Inquiry must build on FSR progress: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... "If you look at what FSR brought to the Australian market place - it raised the bar for advisers. "That system is still pretty young," said Klipin. "It's not perfect we know that there's too much red tape. "However, the current FSR system led to greater ...