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Market Wrap

AAP | FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012

... contracts traded. Locally, ANZ reported that its first-quarter profit rose to $1.48 billion due to good results in its offshore operations. At 1202 AEDT its shares were up 25 cents, or 1.18 per cent, at $21.45. NAB was up 14 cents at $22.77, Westpac ...

AMP results show continued AXA impact

ELISE BURGESS | THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012

... competitively, has a more diversified, balanced mix of business, a powerful domestic franchise, and growing opportunities offshore. "Our investment in growth initiatives, combined with the benefits of the merger with AXA, has put AMP in a market-leading ...

CBA profits up 19%, wealth mgmt struggles

ELISE BURGESS | WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012

... response to banking industry job cuts, Narev said CBA had no such plans for its employees. "We have no plans to send jobs offshore. And we have no plans for major redundancy programmes."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012

... SEOUL - South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries says it has won a 3.05 trillion won ($A2.53 billion) contract to build an offshore gas processing facility in Australia. BRUSSELS - The EU's antitrust watchdog has approved Google's $US12.5 billion ($A11.7 ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012

... spending they do, they spend more of it on relatively cheaper overseas online shops and/or they just fly directly to those offshore destinations to make their purchases in person - all thanks to the mighty Australian dollar. And oh, importers are also ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012

... would they? Then again, perhaps, we did (my four children sure did). We just bought our presents online via eBay from offshore shops because our strong currency makes them cheaper relative to those available locally despite prices being "down, down prices ...

Shorten urges banks to stand by staff

CLAIRE MCGREAL | FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012

... office areas, in our operational areas to support our multi-brands". Another batch of IT jobs have already been deployed offshore. Westpac said it hopes to redeploy up to one third of the 560 people who are at risk.

Bonds, tailored equities and income top ETF picks

ELISE BURGESS | FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012

... in the 12 months to December 2011. "There is increasing investor interest in ETFs which try to capitalise on potential offshore opportunities, particularly in developed markets such as the US where valuations are relatively attractive," said Skelly. ...

Market Wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012

Australian stocks have opened slightly higher after mixed leads from offshore bourses kept investors wary ahead of the start of the local earnings season. Wall Street ended lower after US gross domestic product (GDP) data missed expectations - despite ...

Market Wrap

AAP | TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:33PM

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA | 11:56AM

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI | 11:09AM

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA | 12:20PM

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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