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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Thursday's local close of $US1,623.75. The worst performer of the top 100 companies on the ASX was electronic toll road company Transurban Group, which fell four cents, or 0.76 per cent, to $5.24.

Islamic fund opens doors to Australian investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... filtered for investment returns by a sub-advisory team from Sigma Advisory to create a portfolio of 20-40 stocks. If a company derives more than 5% of its profit from a business that does not comply with Islamic principles it is disregarded. However ...

Former company director pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
A former Sydney company director faces possible jail time and a hefty fine after pleading guilty to nine charges of dishonest conduct involving investor funds worth more than $1.8 million. ASIC alleged that Simon Finnigan of Potts Point raised funds ...

UBS retains OptiMix as it closes ING IM deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... not confirm whether there would be further cuts, saying only that "the majority" of ING IM staff would be joining the company. However, as the two companies continue their integration in the coming months, certain inefficiencies are likely to be resolved. ...

Snowball chief announces exit plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Tony McDonald, chief executive of transitioning planning firm Snowball Financial Group, will leave the company in 12 months but not before spending the year in a new role where he will ready the merged group for industry reforms. The move is part of ...

Global port manager to leave AMP fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
Brett Ward, the European global portfolio manager for AMP, has given his notice at AMP as he prepares to leave the company and the AMP Capital Global Property Securities Fund. Ward said he wanted to return to Australia after working for AMP in their ...

BBC denies trader a hoax interview

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... reported that Rastani is not registered with the UK Financial Services Authority and owns a 99% share of a public speaking company called Santoro Projects. Rastani told The Daily Telegraph that the BBC had contacted him. "They approached me," he told ...

IOOF takeover receives 99% approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... reasonable and in the best interests of DKN shareholders. The IOOF takeover would be pursued through a wholly owned subsidiary company, Austselect, and is expected to leave current DKN management structures in place. A second court hearing to approve ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... plant, just weeks after residents near its Newcastle plant were exposed to hexavalent chromium. Global property development company Stockland was the best performing stock on the ASX 100, gaining 3.9 per cent to $2.92. Turnover was 969.53 million shares ...

Strong culture drives T. Rowe Price

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... Visiting Sydney last week, the firm's director of global equity and global equity research, Bill Stromberg, spoke about the company culture he knows so well - he started as an intern 24 years ago and rose through the ranks to where he is today. He doesn't ...