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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... growth would pick up. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 17 points at 4,405. No major economic news or equities news is expected on Thursday. In Australia, the market on Wednesday was closed for the Anzac Day ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... per cent lower at $35.10, Rio Tinto fell 1.2 per to $65.85 and Fortescue Metals was down 1.44 per cent at $5.83. The four major banks were mostly higher. The Commonwealth Bank was up 11 cents to $51.06, ANZ rose 11 cents to $23.57 and Westpac was 10 ...

Poirier to exit BNP Paribas Investment Partners

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... business model of open architecture distribution and will continue to represent 'best of breed' fund managers across all major asset classes." It is understood Poirier is leaving to join MFS, which is bringing distribution in-house from July 2012, establishing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on major international markets on the back of disappointing April PMI data for China and the eurozone and as some US earnings results missed expectations. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday, the June ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its Producer Price Indexes for March data. No major equities news is expected. Resources stocks were mixed on Monday. BHP Billiton was down 12 cents to $35.38, Rio Tinto was ...

Payden & Rygel lands VicSuper mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
Grant Samuel's global fixed income partner, Payden & Rygel has secured a $110 million mandate from VicSuper. The mandate is part of VicSuper's core/satellite approach with Payden & Rygel managing a portfolio covering global investment grade, high yield ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... open slightly higher after solid German business confidence data and stronger profits from Microsoft, McDonald's and other major US corporations helped the Dow Jones finish about 0.5 per cent higher. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the June share price index ...

Speculation grows on super tax breaks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... comparisons will, in coming decades, have fundamental implications for our tax system. As if to test Hockey's policy resolve, major media outlets are today running stories that detail how the government is considering a wind back on one the grandest ...

CBA commits to local jobs

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... targets in the short term and managing towards them." Narev also allayed fears that CBA will move jobs offshore as other major banks have done over the past 12 months. "We see the value in our enterprise without having to send our jobs offshore... Technology ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... At this point, the subject is very much subject to market interpretation. Wall Street's behaviour - and the rest of 'em major equity markets - over the past few days suggests that it's a 50/50 proposition. Said another way, they just don't know with ...