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PIMCO lands OnePath advice mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
PIMCO will broaden its distribution capabilities to planners at the four ANZ-aligned dealer groups after being appointed to manage OnePath's fixed income portfolio. Global bond manager PIMCO said it wants to expand further into the Australian advice ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... Dow Jones Industrial Average surge past the 13,000 mark overnight. That had given local shares a boost, sending the market close to the 4,300-point level, Burrell Stockbroking director Richard Herring said. "There has been a lot of good economic data ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... and the US with traders also buoyed by the extra breathing room granted struggling Spain by EU ministers in Brussels. At close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 1.07 per cent to 5956.43 points, in Paris the CAC 40 added 1.72 per cent to 3550.16 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
The Australian share market opened higher on Tuesday in the wake of a mixed performance by markets in the United States. At 1014 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.0 points, or 0.57 per cent, at 4,220.7 points, while the broader ...

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
It was another ho-hum day in the financial markets overnight. It was an unspectacular boring day, no matter how much the finance and investment commentariat would like to have you believe otherwise. The general thrust of cyber reports were that equities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Monday drifted to a marginally weaker close amid lower trading volumes because of a public holiday in Victoria. At 1615 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Australian stocks were slightly lower to noon as investors sat on their hands ahead of the release of a raft of US data. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.4 points, or 0.29 per cent, at 4,199.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... Greece... However, America wasn't so perturbed, with the S&P 500 index falling by 1.6% at the worst and even managing to close the week up by 0.1%. And why shouldn't it? With the economy on the mend and the Fed still on the alert to cover Uncle Sam's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... suggest a recovery in the world's top economy is gaining traction. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.47 per cent to close at 5,887.49 points on Friday, Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed 0.67 per cent to 6.880.21 points and in Paris the CAC 40 added 0.26 ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... - Greece still matters. The sell on 'no swap' buy on 'swap' trades made this all the more apparent. Yes, Virgie, we can close our eyes, ears and noses and pretend that it's been banished to oblivion, but we're still in the midst of the Greek saga. We ...