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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
Australian stocks look set to open higher despite mixed movements on international markets overnight. At 0707 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was 33 points at 4,078. Overnight, the Dow Jones closed just 7.65 points ...

AvSuper awards double alternatives mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
AvSuper is poised to deliver two $20 million investment mandates to managers for its growth alternatives portfolio and has appointed a new investment officer. The fund is in the process of mandating Coller Capital and Siguler Guff to invest in private ...

Social media crises on the rise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
The frequency and impact of companies encountering negative social media is on the rise according to a research survey, which found companies that aren't prepared for an online backlash suffer the most. Recently released research from Altimeter defined ...

Future2 cyclists cross the finish line

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Future2 trustees and fellow cyclists will arrive in Sydney's Martin Place this afternoon, where the Lord Mayor Clover Moore will welcome them. After 1158 km, 9274 metres of climbing and over 39 hours on their bicycles, Future2 trustees Ray Griffin and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher, continuing Wednesday's local upward trend and after strong rallies overseas. At 0706 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 44 points at 4,240. In economic news on Thursday ...

BT Future2 Wheel Classic hits the road

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
A 1250 km marathon cycle ride from Bourke to Sydney - set to raise $100,000 from the financial planning profession to support disadvantaged young Australians - sets out from Bourke tomorrow and ends in Martin Place on Friday 16 September. Ray Griffin ...

It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
It is being reported today that Treasury believe it was really former prime minister Kevin Rudd who saved Australia from the GFC and not the mining industry, but before we get too excited the analysis simply confirms that we don't just have a two-speed ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
Time to say good buy or goodbye? Is this the best of times or is this the worst of times? The dreaded DD (double-dip) is back on the headlines. So is the R (recession). And with them comes Armageddon. I think Armageddon is most fitting in this case ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Australian shares remained around four per cent lower at noon as fears of a new global economic crisis gripped the local market. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 168.7 points, or 3.94 per cent, at 4,107.8 while the broader ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Australian stocks plunged at the open after world markets fell sharply overnight and experts say more grief is to come. At time of writing, the All Ordinaries Index was down 173 points or 3.97% to 4179.9 while the S&P ASX 200 had given up 156.5 points ...