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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Australian markets have received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0744 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 16 points lower at 4,429. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

BNY Mellon JVs for China funds strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
BNY Mellon and China-based Western Securities have received regulatory approval to develop a joint venture funds management company in China. BNY Mellon Western Fund Management is 49 per cent owned by BNY Mellon and 51 per cent owned by Western Securities ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The Australian share market opened one per cent lower, after falls on Wall Street sparked by weak employment figures. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.8 points, or 0.93 per cent, at 4261.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Finally! That source of international angst and condemnation, that much debated, much awaited Chinese currency revaluation is coming! It's good news for financial markets. Positive speculation abound after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) posted the ...

Insurance broker gets permanent ban

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
ASIC has permanently banned insurance broker Steven James Ker of Palmyra, Western Australia, from providing financial services. The banning follows an ASIC investigation into Ker's conduct as an authorised representative dealing in general insurance ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
ow that's more like it! It feels good doesn't it? This may be the one we've been waiting for when something, somehow happens that short circuits the cycle of fear that had been feeding on itself for months now. Although, he didn't say much that the ...

AMP expands Qld team for IFAs and Alliances

AMP RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
AMP has appointed former ING head of sales Kevin Canning and former authorised rep for Millenium 3 Financial Services to join the group's Queensland operations. Canning joins as regional leader, business development manager, Queensland and Reece Foster ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices generally higher, along with precious metals, oil and copper. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney futures exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Great Southern investors fight back

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Macpherson + Kelley Lawyers has filed a lawsuit for Great Southern investors seeking the court to void loans given to invest into failed agribusiness investment schemes, including loans provided by Adelaide Bank. The class action covers 1,700 investors ...

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
One of the world's largest fixed-income managers, Western Asset Management, has launched a new absolute return credit fund aimed at exploiting credit opportunities amid volatile markets. Speaking at the Legg Mason Investment Symposium in Sydney yesterday ...