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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... chairman, a day after chairman David Mortimer suddenly stood down. Mr Esho said he expected the market to moderate to the close, with investors focusing on company-specific results on Thursday. "I don't think there will be an overwhelming conviction ...

AFA female adviser award grabs industry attention

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Nominations for the AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award rounded out at 105 at the close of entries, a great result for the awards inaugural year. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched the award to encourage women to take on leadership ...

MLC to launch new flagship insurance product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
MLC is to launch a new insurance product in October, which it says will be their flagship offering. Duncan West, executive general manager of insurance, said Protectionfirst and MLC Personal Protection Portfolio are to be replaced by a newly engineered ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... fell five cents to $70.05. The price of gold in Sydney was $US1,850.3 per fine ounce, down $US44.56 from Tuesday's local close at $US1,894.86. National turnover was 1.05 billion shares worth $2.3 billion, with 524 stocks up, 284 down, and 326 were st ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... higher at $68.92. The price of gold in Sydney at 1201 AEST was $US1,896.6 per fine ounce, up $US4.15 from Monday's local close at $US1,892.45. Shares in gold miner Newcrest Mining were up 61 cents, or 1.5 per cent, at $40.81. National turnover at 1205 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... 1.5 per cent, higher at $70.47. The price of gold in Sydney was $US1,869.2 per fine ounce, up $US21.40 from Friday's local close at $US1,847.80. Shares in gold miner Newcrest Mining were up $1.09, or 2.8 per cent, at $40.63. National turnover was 1.04 ...

AMP Capital wins UK pension fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... intervene often to prevent the yen from rising too higher. The Australian dollar was at 79.75 yen, up from Friday's local close of 79.37. Westpac New Zealand senior market strategist Imre Speizer said the Australian dollar gained a little ground over ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... recession in the United States and Europe, sending US stocks into a tailspin. The report said the US and Europe were dangerously close to recession, blaming, in part, policy errors by authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. "That just added fuel to ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... (MS) mentioned the 'R' word again last night. "Our revised forecasts show the US and the euro area hovering dangerously close to a recession -- defined as two consecutive quarters of contraction -- over the next 6-12 months." I'm normally sceptical of ...