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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
The Australian share market continued to fall in morning trade, with major resource and financial stocks weighing on the main indices. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 40.2 points, or 0.86 per cent, at 4,607.7, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... to open weaker after US stocks retreated following lower-than-expected growth in the United States' service businesses. Major commodities also fell overnight. At 0821 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 27 points ...

Instinet close to signing two major transition mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Instinet is in talks with two major transition managers in the Australian market to gain entry to their transition panels. John Fildes, managing director and chief operating officer, Asia at Instinet, said the technology firm is undertaking a number ...

Artemis to switch from Fortis to AMG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) has sealed a deal to buy Artemis Investment Management, one of the leading fund managers in the UK, from its previous owner, Fortis Bank. Under the deal, AMG will own a majority stake in the firm but Artemis' management ...

Aviva key personnel disbanded after NAB buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... the insurance business this week. Robbie Bennetts, chief executive officer of Professional Investment Services (PIS), a major dealer group that uses the Navigator platform, declined to comment on the executive team changes but said many planners are ...

Perpetual gets four stars from S&P

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... characteristics as the broader Australian share market. This is an important consideration as resources shares have been major growth drivers of the broader market at times.

Retirement savings shortfall worsens: IFSA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Australia's retirement savings gap has blown out from $452 billion six years ago to $695 billion, according to new research commissioned by IFSA. The latest research by IFSA undertaken by Rice Warner Actuaries showed Australians face a massive savings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open lower on Monday following a weak lead from the US and most major world markets. At 0733 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 47 points lower at 4,499. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... and a weaker Australian dollar," said RBS Morgans private client adviser Craig Walker. "There are also declines among the major banks and oil stocks," he said. BHP Billiton was 96 cents lower, by 2.33 per cent, at $39.74, while Rio Tinto dropped $2.63 ...

BNP Paribas merges with Fortis IM Aust

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
BNP Paribas Investment Partners Australia is to merge with Fortis Investment Management Australia - creating a $23 billion-plus entity with BNP's local head Robert Harrison at the helm. The mergers comes less than nine months since BNP Paribas bought ...