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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... (1.69 per cent). The tech-rich Nasdaq leaped 58.13 points (2.00 per cent) to 2,967.90, while the S&P 500-stock index advanced 25.99 points (1.90 per cent) to 1,390.99. The United States added 163,000 jobs in July and the jobless rate ticked up a tenth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 212.88 points (1.67 per cent) higher at 12,887.93. The S&P 500-stock advanced 22.13 points (1.65 per cent) to 1,360.02. The tech-rich Nasdaq gained 39.01 (1.37 per cent) to 2,893.25. The normally cautious ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... typhoon hit the southern Chinese business hub, closed 0.79 per cent, or 150.27 points, lower at 18,903.20, while Shanghai advanced 0.24 per cent, or 5.19 points, to 2,146.59. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 4.65 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 3,460.7 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... closed at 12,805.54, gaining 78.33 points (0.62 per cent) that more than erased Monday's losses. The S&P 500-stock index advanced 10.03 (0.74 per cent) to 1,363.67, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 13.10 (0.45 per cent) at 2,910.04. Stocks reversed ...

Treasury heavy handed on portfolio disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... intellectual property conflicts. Despite the concerns of ASFA and the FSC, several funds and wealth groups are already well advanced in their approach to the issue. Australian Ethical Investments chief executive, Philip Vernon, said that despite being ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... closed at 12,805.54, gaining 78.33 points (0.62 per cent) that more than erased Monday's losses. The S&P 500-stock index advanced 10.03 (0.74 per cent) to 1,363.67, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 13.10 (0.45 per cent) at 2,910.04. Stocks reversed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... after reporting growth had slowed to 7.6 percent in the second quarter, less than expectations. LONDON -European stocks advanced on new prospects of Chinese economic stimulus measures owing to weak growth data, while Italy pulled off a bond auction despite ...

Dodd-Frank sees rise in virtual family offices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... sustainable, with virtual and multi family offices in favour as a result. Those were among the findings reported by the Advanced Planning and Family Office Practice Group at US law firm Handler Thayer LLP in their 2012 outlook. "Most family offices with ...

Cross-border super collaboration on way

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... ageing population. "The establishment of China's pension insurance system started late and needs to learn [from the] advanced experience and methods of other countries," said Gesheng Yu, vice chairman of the National Council for the Social Security Fund ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... would you? There was also bad news out of America. While Alcoa beat earnings estimates, those that followed - notably, Advanced Micro and Applied Materials - slashed their earnings outlook. You want more. The National Federation of Independent Business ...