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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... March, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) auctions a total $900 million in Treasury notes. There is no major equities news scheduled. In Australia on Wednesday, the share market closed at an eighteen-and-a-half month high for its ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... depth," Mr McCarthy said. "What's impressive is (that) it's not the big cap stocks that are shining. BHP, Rio and the four major banks are all quite steady, (but) the performance is coming from the broader market itself. "It's the mid and small cap stars ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Australian stocks were almost one per cent higher at noon led by the major miners as investors await the central bank's cash rate decision. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 40.6 points, or 0.83 per cent, at 4,948.3, while the broader ...

Advisers to gain political insight

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... executive at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), said it's important that advisers hear the policy positions from both major political parties given it's an election year. This event comes after the AFA's GenXt Roadshow, which is designed to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
The Australian share market remained higher at noon with takeover activity in gold stocks and strength in resources stocks driving the gains. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.3 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 4,897.8 points, while ...

Perpetual tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... that exclude resources shares. Resource stocks constitute a very large part of the Australian-equity sector and have been a major growth driver of the broader market. For that reason, as well as the relatively concentrated nature of the funds, S&P believes ...

SG Hiscock hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... strengthening the SGH20 team, Rob adds to the depth in international experience which I believe will be an increasingly major factor shaping the nature and direction for the Australian stock market in the future," said Robert Hook, senior portfolio manager ...

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
It's times like these that those who want to spook the market have their moment. A time when investors are anxiously gnawing on their fingers waiting for the final verdict. That verdict of course is that one single number contained in the US Non-farm ...

Local councils set to recover more from Lehman

PIPER ALDERMAN RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Local councils that invested in Lehman CDOs won a small victory this week after a court judgment that could allow them to recover more of their money back from the collapsed firm. The High Court has dismissed an appeal against the judgment of the Federal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... holds its annual general meeting in Sydney. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed higher after gains among the major miners. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended up 19.5 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4,916.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...