The year is drawing to an end and after the turmoil experienced by investors in failed finance company Hanover, there now appears to be a chance they may recover their losses. The Hanover investors decided by a vote of greater than 75 per cent to accept Allied Farmers' deal to acquire the company's assets in exchange for $400m in shares.

Investment Research Group BOP's Jonathan York examines this issue and other year ending events in this, his final market analysis for 2009.