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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to fall after US equities declined on a report that showed more people lost their jobs than expected. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 17 points lower at ...

ING appoints life risk sales BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
ING Australia appointed Gerard Hayes as business development manager - life risk in Western Australia. Hayes has more then a decade of financial services experience, joining ING Australia from ITC where he worked as a regional sales manager for Western ...

All PE signs point to China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Western private equity infrastructure will shrink by around 30 per cent over the next few years - but the rapid growth of the Chinese PE market continues to attract the attention of institutional investors globally. Asia now accounts for around one-third ...

Firm hails the next emerging market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
Looking for the next investment trend? Eastern Europe could be the answer, with one asset manager's flagship fund returning more than 20 per cent annualised since inception. Michael Hanson-Lawson, chief executive at East Capital Asia, said while a long-term ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket was higher at noon, led by the resources and energy sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 31.5 points, or 0.72 per cent, at 4413.1, while the broader All Ordinaries had gained 37.1 points, or 0.85 per cent ...

ASIC targets another MIS scheme

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
ASIC has commenced civil proceedings to wind up and appoint a liquidator to Finchley Central Funds Management - the responsible entity of managed investment scheme, Finchley Development Capital Funds. ASIC is seeking orders from the Federal Court of ...

Officium Capital hires new 'best ideas' manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Officium Capital has selected Souls Funds Management to manage its concentrated best ideas fund after the previous manager, MMC Asset Management was sold last month. John Nunan, chief executive at Officium Capital, said the fund didn't want to leave ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Chk, chk, bang! Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Equity markets greeted August the same way it left July - with a bang! One by one the bears are beginning to wave the white flag as the thundering herd forces them back into hibernation. The "Maestro," former ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Monday, after US markets rose to a nine-month high overnight as manufacturing, housing and banking reports suggesting that the economy is gaining strength. At 0716 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on Monday, falling from an almost nine-month high, after subdued stock performances on US markets and declines in Europe on Friday. At 0727 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...