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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is likely to open higher after the Dow Jones hit a two-month high on Monday. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 26 points at 4,502 points. In economics news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher, after a positive finish on Wall Street and firmer commodities prices during the offshore session. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 64 ...

Frozen fund investors get $36m settlement

COMMERCE COMMISSION RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
New Zealand investors in two frozen funds by ANZ and ING (NZ) stand to benefit from a $36 million (NZ$45 million) settlement fund arranged by the regulator after both funds breached marketing material compliance rules. In its largest monetary settlement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker, after major indices on Wall Street backpedalled more than one per cent and the benchmark crude oil contract dipped below $US77 a barrel. At 0650 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, led by major mining stocks. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18.8 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 4,422.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 19.2 points ...

Half-filled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
Another set of dismal data again failed to get Wall Street down last night. Big-named US companies that reported their second quarter results overnight came up short of expectations and worse, some even downgraded their earnings guidance. Data out on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed higher and commodities prices ended firmer. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 41 points ...

Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

From super funds to banks and financial planning groups, the industry is divided between those that are pinning their future growth and consumer engagement strategy through walk-in financial advice shops and those that are sticking with a more traditional ...

AIA to list, names new chief

PRESS RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
American International Group (AIG) pushes ahead with the IPO of its Asian life subsidiary, American International Assurance (AIA), and names a former Prudential chief executive as the division's new head. AIA will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Wall Street's weekend may have done it some good. It left pondering the tug o' war between good company profit results and negative economic data. The Street didn't like what it saw. Investors sold... heavily. Wall Street returned last night, still ...