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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... Pharmaceuticals first half results. Meanwhile, Caltex Australia chief executive Julian Segal is scheduled to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia function in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Wednesday hit a five-year high as investors ...

Cbus to divest tobacco holdings as stocks fall from highs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... challenging economic conditions. In US dollar terms Philip Morris has returned 55% over the last five years while British American Tobacco has returned 50%. Both stocks have recently come off record highs over the last six months as investors have repositioned ...

Wealthy parents fear kids can't handle family fortune

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Almost three-fifths of wealthy parents lack confidence in their children's ability to handle a large financial inheritance, according to a recent survey from Bank of America private wealth subsidiary U.S. Trust. The private bank asked 711 Americans ...

CIE expands its education program to the retail market

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013

More taper talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... market opened 0.85 per cent weaker, following a 1.47 per cent slide on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as disappointing American manufacturing data convinced investors the US Federal Reserve would continue its quantitative easing measures. "A weaker ...

Twitter usage on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... growing the fastest. The results are part of the latest research to come out of US Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life project, a longitudinal study that has been going on since 2005. The study confirms that almost three-quarters of online ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... year results, while SingTel will announce first quarter results. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce is due to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch. In Australia, the market on Tuesday hit a three month high, with investors buoyed ...

Zurich fund now on major platforms

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... continuing to increase their weighting to international equities", he said. The international equities strategy is managed by American Century Investments, which identifies high quality companies and trades at what it calls 'inflection points'. Meggitt ...

Capgemini Australia appoints new director

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... business growth. Prior to that, he has worked as chief information officer and IT leader with global organisations including American International Group and AXA in Asia. The consulting firm, which is best known for its regular Wealth Reports, said appointment ...