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MDA provider appoints lawyer to senior role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
Managed Account Holdings has appointed a senior lawyer as company secretary, ahead of its listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The owner of managedaccounts.com.au has appointed Jillian McGregor for her experience working in mid and top ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Measures. There were localised rationales for these strong performances ranging from the return of buy orders of internet and biotech stocks in the US, mergers and acquisitions and purchases of mining stocks in Europe... and expectations of a ratings ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... are once more coming out of the woodworks, proclaiming that, "A crash is coming, a crash is coming"! They point to the biotech and social media stocks that are fast running out of puff that could produce a bigger pop just as the TMT (telecoms, media ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Australian share market is set for a positive start to trade, after a slight recovery in technology stocks pushed Wall Street higher. At 0750 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,428. In economic news ...

Time to go away?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... gain of 65 percent) in a month and a half, has been beaten unmercifully for a loss of -38 percent since mid-December." "Biotech has been no picnic either as the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) has fallen -21.8 percent since the end of February." Could it ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... solid US jobs report, Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said. "It was momentum stocks (mostly from the tech and biotech sectors) that have been sold and brought back to more reasonable levels in the US," he said. "We have followed the US and I ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June ...

AustEthical ready for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... that the Australian Ethical Large Companies Fund is overweight in the healthcare, utilities and enviro sectors, while the biotech sector is also being specifically targeted.

Australian Ethical adds to equity team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... Ethical, Wade previously worked with LINWAR Securities, Ord Minnett and Investors Mutual specialising in the agricultural, biotech and energy sectors. He was responsible for Investor Mutual adopting the UNPRI (United Nations Principles of Responsible ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... end the week higher but the Nasdaq took a turn lower pulled down in part by a sharp fall in the share price of leading biotech firm Gilead. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 45.79 points (0.35 per cent) to 12,949.87, its best finish since May ...