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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... Statistics releases producer price indices for June. In companies news, GUD Holdings Ltd and Australian Foundation Investment Company release full year results. MMG Ltd will release its June quarter production report. Wesfarmers Ltd releases June quarter ...

APRA proposals could deter overseas firms: AXA

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... contains proposals on a range of principles-based risk management and governance standards that will apply to the parent company of the Level 3 group. In a press statement, APRA chairman John Laker said the proposal is intended to "strengthen the financial ...

Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
The oversold Euro, market valuations that reflect lowered expectations, and an expected gradual decline in volatility currently make Asia one of the best investment hot spots for Aussie investors, said Seres Asset Management. With equities markets around ...

Former MLC chief takes Perpetual chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
Perpetual has appointed former MLC chief executive Peter Scott as chairman, as Robert Savage, the firm's current chair, confirmed his upcoming retirement. Savage joined the board of Perpetual in 2001 and became chairman in 2005. He confirmed his forthcoming ...

Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... uncertain - just not unusual. Or maybe today it's unusually certain? Now the headlines are all about strong second quarter US company profit announcements and forecasts (and positive European economic news). Yes, Virginia. According to news reports ...

AIA moves to integrate retail offering

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
AIA Australia has launched Platform Investor Protect - a new service that integrates the insurer's flagship retail product, Priority Protection, onto an investment platform for the first time. AIA said in a statement that clients would benefit by being ...

Ambassador wins Copper Rock mandate in Oz

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Ambassador Funds Management Services has entered into an arrangement to represent US-based manager, Copper Rock Capital Partners, in Australia and New Zealand. Copper Rock, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, provides growth equity strategies for ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... like a dive, it must be a... Yes, it must be. For how do you explain Wall Street's reaction to the better-than-expected company profit and revenue announcements last night? Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Apple -- among others -- topped market expectations ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... points, with 13,550 contracts traded. Investor focus was on global miner BHP Billiton's latest production report. The company said its petroleum and iron ore divisions both achieved annual production records, but the mining giant continued to be cautious ...

Half-filled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... spin on the negative news. It could only go up from here, particularly now that the civil fraud allegations against the company have been settled. Johnson & Johnson's second quarter bottomline number was in line with estimates of US$1.21 per share. But ...