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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Australian stocks had eased back at noon today after new highs were set locally yesterday and on the US market last night. Publishing and Broadcasting shares bucked the trend after announcing it would split its gaming and media interests into separate ...

Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
It's Christmas Eve and by this time tomorrow we'll all know if Santa has given us the present we wanted, but to really make sense of the Budget you need to understand the ground rules. The Budget might look like a financial document because it has numbers ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
Ask 100 economists to predict the direction of interest rates, economic growth and inflationary pressures, and you would invariably get 100 different answers. In Cambodia they ask the royal cows. Heavily reliant on agriculture, Cambodia's ancient ploughing ...

Surging dollar prompts mixed views on fall-out

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
Nipping at the heels of its 1990 high against the US dollar, the Australian dollar, climbing steadily since early March, has reached a 17-year peak overnight on Tuesday of $0.8365. Although cyclicals such as resources, materials and energy come out ...

Identity data costs less than $20

A US study conducted by security software giant Symantec has found that a person's personal information, such as banking details, date of birth and licence number, only costs between $20 (US$14) to $22 (US$18) on the black market. The findings were ...

Big is better, but not best

A new study on economies of scale has found that members of mega funds receive better service and pay lower fees than small to mid-size super funds, but that doesn't necessarily spell the end of super funds with assets below the billion dollar mark. ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

... respectively. But with that growth comes the challenge of providing top-performing products and retaining key staff, said CFS GAM chief executive Warwick Negus. "Some products have been around for some time and we need to keep innovating," he said. Hence ...

Alternative goes mainstream as long-only dies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
The move to more sophisticated investment strategies and the wide adoption of so-called alternative strategies as standard fare will result in the continued decline of traditional low-risk long-only mandates, according to investment consultants Watson ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open up again on the recovery on Wall Street overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0825 AEDT, the March share price index contract was UP 23 points at 5825. In the corporate world, the frenzy of the ...

PIS gets behind the wheel for racing sponsorship

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
Professional Investment Services (PIS), Australia's largest financial planning group, is sponsoring the A1 Grand Prix in Sydney this weekend, with the international motor racing series attracting the attention of 25 countries. The A1 Grand Prix series ...