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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said the market was stronger at noon led by local stocks and a lack of major movement on Wall Street overnight. "There is a good bit of green on the market at the moment," he said. "The positivity ...

Macq Pastoral banks on beef demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
Macquarie Pastoral Group has made its second major purchase after it bought 'The Bulls Run', an established cattle and sheep property on the Murrumbidgee River in NSW, for an undisclosed amount. The new 7,500-hectare property concentrates its operations ...

Word of mouth works: Tyndall

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... advocacy puts a financial planning group in a strong position for further growth from word of mouth recommendations - still a major influence for anyone seeking a financial planner," said Tyndall's head of retail, Craig Hobart. Clients also believe their ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said the market was stronger at noon led by local stocks and a lack of major movement on Wall Street overnight. "There is a good bit of green on the market at the moment," he said. "The positivity ...

Here, kitty kitty

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... a global influence on national economies. &We can expect to see serious inflationary pressures affect the USA and other major economies." Meanwhile in an ABC News report, in an Alice Springs bush food competition, feral cats are highly rated on the menu ...

Schroders distributes into China through Citibank

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... distribution and leave asset management to the specialists and that's why they chose to work with Schroders, one of the major mutual fund companies in the world. Debruyne said, "We have carefully selected these six funds together with Citibank in order ...

Comm Foundation partners with teachers on FinLit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... government's financial literacy program should not over-reach and undermine teaching time that should be dedicated to more major areas of numeracy and literacy education, areas which are recognised as national priorities. "Many teachers are concerned ...

Super for members, not nation building

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... for our nation building problems, according to Emilio Gonzalez, chief investment officer at Perpetual Investments. In a major speech to Finsia today, Gonzalez said that while the wall of superannuation money presents huge opportunities, it also presents ...

Service not fees drive consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... get it right." The study also highlighted how call centres, which are now a primary service channel for many banks, are a major part of the problem if poorly trained operators are unable to properly handle customer queries. According to the study, the ...

Pengana launches global volatility fund

... Griffiths said the fund was designed to exploit changes in market volatility, initially in the US S&P 500 index and later to major global stock market indices. The fund was the brainchild of Alvin Wilkinson, a former director of the Chicago Board Options ...