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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... Sydney-Melbourne route. On Wednesday, the Australian share market started the new financial year on a downbeat note, with major resources and financial stocks losing ground after profit-takers moved in. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 80.9 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... the commodities front is the fact that Chinalco has decided to take up their rights in Rio and I think that boosted the major miners," Mr Heffernan said. The purchase of new shares in Rio under a rights offer would allow the Chinese company to maintain ...

Retirement platforms growing fastest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... Westpac/BT to be the largest platform group with 19.6 per cent of the market. Westpac/BT and AMP were found to be the only major brands to be currently growing their market share.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... financial year approaches. Mr Daghlian said volatile and directionless trade was expected for the remainder of the week as no major economic data was due, although US reporting season, which begins next week, should provide clear leads for other markets. ...

Dixon action on Premium gains momentum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Alan Dixon, Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services chief executive, said the firm's call to change how Premium Investors operates has the support of many of the listed investment company's shareholders. The financial planning firm requested a general ...

Black or white - just beat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... This is about Wall Street doing a moonwalk to the latest update of Americans' personal income, spending and savings. The major indexes ended the last day of trading last week lower - well, just a wee bit. For the week, the Dow was a little bit down and ...

No proof lack of regulation caused GFC: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
Just because the GFC happened doesn't mean it was caused by a lack of regulation, said a senior APRA executive in a major speech this week. "Just because one event follows another does not mean that the first event caused the second event," explained ...

Up yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... Street's overnight jump proving my call for a continuation of the equity market uptrend correct. Speaking of which, America's major stock market indexes jumped 2 per cent last night. As usual, talking heads found one hundred reasons and one for the market's ...

Plum wins mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
Plum Financial Services has won mandates to administer the super arrangements of the Victorian Organisation Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia). The deals will see Plum administer services to the two funds which have ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... sector has probably been the best supported, mainly brought about by improving commodity prices overnight and some of the major mining groups posting strong gains, particularly in the UK overnight," Mr Spiteri said.