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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... trade was cautious after two ratings agencies sounded alarm bells over the potential impact of the eurozone debt crisis on major banks. Tokyo finished 0.19 per cent, or 16.47 points, higher at 8,479.63, Sydney rose 0.25 per cent, or 10.8 points, to 4,258.2 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... November 1 meeting. However, on Tuesday night, Australian time, increased pessimism about the eurozone crisis saw all the major currencies fall against the US dollar. Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Mike Burrowes said the rising cost of borrowing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
SYDNEY- Australian stocks were in negative territory at noon, with the nation's big retail banks and major miners leading the broader market lower. At 1209 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.5 points, or 0.38 per cent, at 4,288.1 points ...

Global ETPs hits $1.58 trillion

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... a 23% increase in the number of providers from 66 in December 2010 to 81 in October 2011. Fixed income remains the only major asset class with a perfect record of inflows for every month during 2011, attracting US$4.6 billion in October 2011, while European ...

ASX's PureMatch gets ASIC green light

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... PureMatch will commence with a soft launch, trading no more than 10 securities for at least two weeks. These securities include major bank and mining stocks with a proposed expansion of included securities to all S&P/ASX 200 stocks plus ETFs on December ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... still be cautious of that happening again if the market thinks that nothing is happening quickly enough in Europe." The major resources stocks were relatively flat, with BHP Billiton down three cents at $37.77 and Rio Tinto up 34 cents at $69.73. Fortescue ...

AMP Capital scores 1 billion euro Irish mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
Irish Life Investment Managers has appointed AMP Capital as investment manager of its new infrastructure fund seeking up to 1 billion euro from global and Irish institutional investors, with the National Pensions Reserve Fund already committing 250 ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... good gains overnight. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 22 points at 4286. No major economics is expected on Friday. In equities news, Leighton Holdings Ltd is expected to hold its annual general meeting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... sharpest drop in almost two months by noon as investors took fright over the ongoing troubles in the Eurozone. Australia's major market indices were down nearly three per cent after talks collapsed in Greece on forming a new government, and Italian government ...

Challenger's Stevens resigns, names successor

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Stevens. "We have worked together for seventeen years across three organisations. Brian has been closely involved in all major strategic decisions and has the energy and experience to take the company forward from here". Challenger chair, Peter Polson ...