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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012

... Poor's 500 index climbed 10.41 points to 1,461.40. The Nasdaq composite rose 14.23 points to 3,149.46. The Commerce Department said that orders to US factories came in better than forecasts, even though the 5.2 per cent drop in orders was the biggest ...

Market wrap AM

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012

... was down 35 points at 4,350. In economic news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) head of payments policy department Tony Richards is scheduled to deliver speech to Mobile and Contactless Payments Australia Conference 2012. In equities news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

... were up 9.3 per cent from a year ago. Home builders in particular benefited from a separate report from the Commerce Department showing housing starts rose 2.3 per cent from July, including a 5.5 per cent jump in starts on single-family homes. Apple ...

Goldman Sachs CFO to retire

BEN COLLINS | WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

... the investment banking division where he assumed responsibility for Goldman's financing activities in the treasury department in 1992 and for the controllers department in 1994. From 1998 until 1999, Viniar was deputy chief financial officer. He is the ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL | FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012

... start-up company that clones successful internet sites and replicates them in other countries. Lazada is an online department store with operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand. Considered to be a replica of Amazon, Lazada ...

Market Wrap

AAP | THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012

... Reserve after a two-day meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee concluded on Thursday (US time). In local news, department store chain Myer said its full year net profit had fallen by more than 12 per cent to $139.4 million. The company did not ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012

... deteriorating Japan and a weakening South Korea are blowing ill winds into Australia. No surprises here. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data (though dated) showed that these countries are our country's top two-way trading partners. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012

... measures. At 0740 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,349. The US Labor Department's reported that a meagre 96,000 jobs were added in August, and that 368,000 people dropped out of the jobs market, convincing ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL | THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012

... in fund selection. The Minister yesterday pointed to a joint submission to the Commission made by Treasury and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) last week, which moves to rule out the provision that would allow employers ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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