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Private equity shakes up public markets

Who are the ultimate winners in the private equity boom? Corporate adviser and company director Linda Nicholls said the answer lies in the story about pirates and the 'little shark'. She said pirates and private equity players have a lot in common because ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected open slightly softer, despite a strong Wall Street lead on Friday ahead of the listing of new Telstra shares today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0729 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down ...

BT scores another TelstraSuper mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
BT Financial Group has been awarded a $100 million concentrated Australian equities mandate from TelstraSuper. TelstraSuper already has mandates with BT for cash and the BT Global Return Fund. Peter Mitchell, BT's senior institutional business development ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Financial markets across the world have held up reasonably well despite North Korea's nuclear tests that sent shockwaves across global financial markets on Monday. Most markets recovered by Tuesday and the US Dow Jones Industrial Index reached its record ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0726 AEST, the December share price index contract was up 34 points at 5,012. Today, Western Uranium is due to list on the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after a decline on Wall Street on inflation concerns. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0728 AEST, the September share price index contract was down 26 points to 5,038. Today, Unitab shareholders ...

After failed IPO, Snowy Hydro still top rated

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Snowy Hydro's senior unsecured rating to A3, up from Baa1, in a rating review that commenced when Snowy Hydro first announced plans to conduct its now abandoned IPO. Moody's said Snowy Hydro's baseline credit analysis ...

Active managers still outperforming index: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
Navigator's most recent Australian equity sector review revealed that most active managers continue to outperform index managers, with those focusing on small caps and growth style investing getting the lion's share of returns. While Navigator's research ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open lower after a weak lead from Wall Street after all three major US stocks indexes fell more than one per cent. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was DOWN 28 points to 5072 at ...

Banks under growing IT security threat: Deloitte

Financial institutions need to get serious about their IT security after the latest Deloitte Global Security Survey found that more than three-quarters of the world's leading 150 finance groups suffered a serious security breach in the last 12 months. ...