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Neilson loosens reins at Platinum

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... consumer goods, industrial materials and financial services. It's top 10 stock holdings as of March 31 included Royal Dutch Shell, Shin-Etsu Chemical and Johnson & Johnson. Both Morningstar and Lonsec said they are aware of the restructure and it will ...

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... it in - big time. How big? Here's how big: Exxon Mobil's net income jumped 69 per cent in the first quarter; Royal Dutch Shell's net income increased by 30 per cent; Occidental Petroleum's profits rose by 46 per cent, and; ConocoPhillips' by 44 per cent. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... value on the markets, although unexpectedly high US jobs figures did hit sentiment, analysts said. Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell turned in a 60-per cent net profit leap for the first quarter on Thursday, as the group benefited from resurgent oil prices ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Earlier, Woodside hit $50.85 after news reports from the UK over the weekend said BHP was in detailed talks with Royal Dutch Shell, Woodside's biggest shareholder, for an eventual STG30 billion ($A46.7 billion) takeover of Woodside. BHP Billiton was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The Australian stock market was more than half a per cent higher at noon as speculation re-emerged that Shell could sell its stake in Woodside to BHP. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 28.4 points higher, or 0.59 per cent, at 4,866.3 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... works. "The big news is Woodside. Shares are up three per cent on rumours that BHP is looking at them or looking at buying Shell's stake." By 1230 AEDT, shares in Woodside were up $1.39, or 3.05 per cent, at $46.95. BHP Billiton investors were not impressed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... that their shares no longer carry the right to their most recently declared dividend. The likes of GlaxoSmithKline, BP, Shell and Unilever all dropped after losing their payout attractions. Later in the day traders turned their attention to crucial testimony ...

APRA releases 2010 fund level returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... five-year and seven-year superannuation industry assessment while other funds moved around the leader board. Meanwhile, Shell Australia emerged during the two-year space between assessments from June 2008 to June 2010, not appearing in 2008 but being ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, In the lane, snow is glistening A beautiful sight, We're happy tonight. Walking in a winter wonderland.... Later on, we'll conspire, As we dream by the fire To face unafraid, The plans that we've made, Walking ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
"It's always darkest before dawn." This axiom came to mind as I watched Wall Street recouped its previous day's losses. Everything that could go wrong appeared to have gone wrong yesterday. There was shelling in the Korea's. Ireland's acceptance of ...