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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... per cent to 8,212.77 points and in Paris the CAC 40 increased 0.36 per cent in value to 3,855.09 points. The US Labor Department said its producer price index rose 0.8 per cent in June. The PPI index had climbed 0.5 per cent in May after two months of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... 1631.89, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 35.71 (1.04 per cent) to 3479.38. The gains came after the Labor Department reported the US economy added 195,000 jobs in June, well above the consensus estimate of 166,000 jobs. The report reinforced ...

Allianz appoints COO

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... insurance industry with governments and regulators. Silver has most recently held the role of secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet and prior to that she was executive director of Rehabilitation and Compensation at the Victorian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... Wall Street where weak economic news continues to mean good news for share markets. Investors took the US Commerce Department's slashing of first-quarter economic growth projections as a sign that the Federal Reserve would keep pumping money into the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... At 0828 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 20 points at 4724. The US Commerce Department slashed its estimate for first-quarter growth from 2.4 per cent to 1.8 per cent and, locally, Kevin Rudd won back the Labor ...

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Quantum Dawn 2 will operate on a closed network developed by the Department of Homeland Security. Reflecting the purpose of the drill, none of the 50 participating entities will know the details of ...

Credit Suisse launches SIV portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... Suisse has produced two discretionary portfolios which meet the requirements stipulated by the Australian Government's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC). The SIV Fixed Income Portfolio is made up of 100% Australian government bonds and ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Australian stocks have opened weaker, with David Jones among the worst performers after the department store chain posted a decline in third quarter sales. The retailer's third quarter sales fell by 2.2 per cent from the same period last year to $399.8 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... in weekly jobless claims while the number of housing construction starts fell 16.5 per cent in April. The US Labor Department reported that US consumer prices fell 0.4 per cent in April and annual inflation was 1.1 per cent. St George economist Janu ...

IM focus at slimmed down Russell

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
The Australian market's political cost-cutting agenda is to blame for the loss of swathes of financial services jobs, according to Russell Investments managing director Alan Schoenheimer, who is refocusing Russell's business on its investment management ...