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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Australian share market is expected begin the week with a slightly stronger opening on the back of a flat lead from Wall Street. At 0727 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up seven points at 4,470. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... Hang Seng Index ended 2.64 points higher at 21,093.82. SHANGHAI - Chinese shares ended up 0.55 per cent at their highest close since May 28, led by brokerages on hopes that a recent rally will attract more investors to the market, dealers said. The Shanghai ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... broader All Ordinaries index gained 28.2 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 4,542.1 points. It was the benchmark index's strongest close since June 22 when it closed at 4,558.3. NEW YORK - The US stock market edged lower Wednesday on news that orders for big-ticket ...

SAP and Sybase merger gets ACCC tick

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... acquisition was unlikely to result in substantial lessening of competition because "the merger parties do not appear to be close competitors and their products are largely complementary." "The ACCC also considered that the proposed acquisition was unlikely ...

Usual uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
"Unusually uncertain" indeed! Flat, flat, flat. This is how the most major equity markets from Asia to Europe to Wall Street finished the past 24 hours. Some closed a little bit higher, others a tad lower, most just flatlined. Because of the "unusually ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... a disappointing report on US consumer confidence. In London, the FTSE 100 index added 14.55 points, or 0.27 per cent, to close at 5,365.67. FRANKFURT - The DAX rose by 13.1 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 6,207.31 points. PARIS - The CAC 40 index added ...

Treasury bounces back to pre-crisis FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
Treasury Group's funds under management (FUM) rose more than 34 per cent to $14.7 billion in the year to June, close to its pre-GFC levels, after three of its fund managers attracted flows from institutional investors. The group's FUM increased by $3.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... quarterly earnings by major Japanese firms, brokers said. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 72.70 points to close at 9,503.66 after giving up earlier gains on profit-taking and sluggishness on the Shanghai stock market. The Topix index ...

BTIM to expand income boutique

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Just under two months after being promoted to BT Investment Management's (BTIM) head of income and fixed interest, Vimal Gor, said the firm plans to hire more investment managers and launch a new range of income funds. "We're hiring a few new people ...

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
SouthwestUSA Bank in Las Vegas, Sterling Bank in Florida and Home Valley Bank in Oregon were among seven banks that were closed last week alone in the US - suggesting the troubles in the US banking system are far from over. According to the Federal ...