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Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009

... profits...they found an excuse. The same thing happened during big one-day falls on Wall Street since the S&P hit bottom in early March this year. For instance, the S&P 500 fell by 3.5 per cent on 30 March. The excuse - concerns over nationalisation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009

... an eight-month closing high of 10,135.82 reached last Friday, but is still nearly 38 per cent above a trough hit in early March. HONG KONG - The Hang Seng Index closed down 307.94 points, or 1.7 per cent, at 17,776.66. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009

... been steadily gathering pace since hitting what is turning out to be the lowest point in the current bear cycle in early March 2009. Developed and emerging equities alike have rallied - and continue to rally - to this day. Sure there were days when the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009

... Despite a pullback this week, the Standard & Poor's 500 index is still up more than 30 per cent from its 12-year lows in early March. The Dow fell 129.91, or 1.54 per cent, to 8,292.13, after earlier falling as much as 201 points. The Standard & Poor's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009

... stock market is holding up, but it's not extending its massive rally, either. After hitting nearly 12-year lows in early March, the Dow rallied and hit 8,131 last Friday. It has been wobbling underneath that level ever since. On Thursday, the Dow rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009

... settle at 1,608.21. Traders had been looking for some pullback after the Dow jumped 24 per cent from a 12-year low in early March, led largely by a recovery in banking stocks. LONDON - European stock markets plunged on Monday amid fears over the US banking ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 APR 2009

... body. As it is with our digestive tract, so it is with the equity markets. In a span of six weeks since their lows in early March this year, both the MSCI developed and emerging market indices have already rallied close to 26 per cent. During this period ...

Margin lending collapses risk regulatory over-reach

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 14 APR 2008

... government be there to bail them out when it comes unstuck? This might have been on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's mind in early March when he told reporters that consumers need to understand the organisations they are dealing with and how their interest ...

Flight of the squeamish

MARK STORY | MONDAY, 7 APR 2008

Recent machinations within bond markets should remind all that a month is a long time in capital markets. Early March global yields were shifting south in excess of 18bp. While 10-year yields in Australia avoided such sharp falls due to a better performing ...

UniSuper chief Byrne move to ACSI

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008

... years experience of being at the helm of a not for profit funds to the superannuation body. She leaves UniSuper in early March, and played a pivotal role in positioning the fund as a vanguard in proactive corporate governance through voting and engagement. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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