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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... bid," she said. "But traders are still very nervous about the Greek debt talks, and that's why everyone is holding off any major positions until we get an outcome. "There is some optimism that we could get a deal sometime this week, and key policy makers ...

IFM wins $500m CalSTRS mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... equity, debt investments and listed equity portfolios. IFM invests on behalf of institutional investors and is owned by 32 major not-for-profit Australian superannuation funds.

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
"Baby what a big surprise Right before my very eyes" - Chicago Yesterday we became witnesses on how the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) disproved the saying that, "the majority is always right". It kept the country's official cash rate unchanged at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... 0.18 per cent at 3,411.54 points but in Frankfurt the DAX 30 slipped 0.16 per cent to 6,754.20 points. HONG KONG - Asia's major stock markets have mostly closed lower, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street, with investors retreating after Greece again ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... whole market." Resources stocks led the charge, but gold stocks were the only losers as investors bought riskier assets. Major local companies that are reporting earnings this week include BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, News Corp, Telstra Corp and Newcrest ...

Financial services digging deep for FICAP

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... for charities for young people. The FICAP Committee is made up of several industry participants representing a number of major funds management, advice, platform and banking groups. This year's concert is being held at the The Metro in Sydney on Wednesday ...

Eyes turn to monetary policy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... economy in 2012." The high Australian dollar is here for a while yet, he said while predicting it will continue to have major structural impacts on the Australian economy and Australian asset markets. Despite the fiscal impact of the AUD on trade, it ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... cents to $69.68 after the company accepted China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp's bid for its shares in Kalahari Minerals, a major shareholder in ASX-listed uranium miner Extract Resources. Shares in the company added one cent to $8.56. Industrial stocks ...

Eaton Vance affiliate names Aust MD

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Parametric, a majority-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp, has appointed Scott Lawrence as its managing director for Australia. Lawrence has been performing this Melbourne-based role on a consultancy basis for the past ten months and will be responsible ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher after mixed leads from offshore bourses kept investors wary ahead of the start of the local earnings season. Wall Street ended lower after US gross domestic product (GDP) data missed expectations - despite ...