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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... and trans-Tasman flights for the second time since February in response to higher fuel prices. In other news, the competition watchdog has given preliminary approval to current access arrangements for bulk wheat exports at ports operated by grains marketer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... company results, Brickworks Ltd and Washington H Soul Pattison were due to release first half earnings. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) bid to prevent Metcash Ltd's $215 million takeover of Franklins continues in the Federal ...

Aussie funds fail transparency test

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... advisers." Market front-runners are positioning themselves to benefit from increased transparency, making it a point of competition in the face of expected regulatory reform. Brian Bissaker, chief executive of Colonial First State, told a recent lunchtime ...

Mason Stevens signs dealer group MAs

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... today announced it cut fees across all of its managed account services between five and ten per cent, further driving competition in this field. Financial Standard is hosting a Best Practice Seminar in Managed Accounts in May this year, addressing the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... May 2021 Treasury bonds. In companies news, David Jones Ltd was due to release first half results. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) bid to prevent Metcash Ltd's $215 million takeover of Franklins continues in the Federal Court. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... Treasury Indexed Bonds. In companies news, New Hope Corporation was due to release first half results. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) bid to prevent Metcash Ltd's $215 million takeover of Franklins continues in the Federal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... Statistics (ABS) publishes international merchandise imports data for February. In companies news, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) bid to prevent Metcash Ltd's $215 million takeover of Franklins continues in the Federal Court. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... meeting, and, in the Federal Court in Sydney, the case continues between Metcash Ltd and the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) over Metcash's attempt to take over Franklins supermarkets. On Monday, Australian shares closed at a 14-week ...

More to emerging markets than Asia

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... is South Africa's largest grocer Shoprite, which has more than 60 million customers per month but nothing like the competition faced in more developed markets. "These companies can benefit from increasing consumption from low end customers and still ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... their disposable income. Despite surging retail deposits, the Reserve Bank of Australia told the Senate Inquiry into Competition within the Australian Banking Sector in November 2010 that, "The cash rate remains a major influence on banks' funding costs ...