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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... Stocks fell 1.31 per cent, hurt by losses in CNOOC as oil prices retreated, while China Mobile slid on fears that competition will intensify amid a long-awaited sector overhaul. The Hang Seng Index lost 329.05 points to close at 24,714.07 and lost 3.5 ...

St George and Westpac to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... 20 and 25 per cent respectively control of the platform and mortgage markets may however attract the attention of competition regulators.

Canadian RMBS not the answer: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... Bayley, such intervention would be hard put to ensure the survival of the smaller mortgage lenders and fail to preserve competition in the sector. "Our market has developed very differently from the Canadian market, it's a lot more diversified," said ...

Anti-terrorism ins board names new director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... group in Treasury responsible for policy relating to financial systems including insurance, corporate regulation, competition policy, consumer affairs and foreign investment.

Praemium and COIN connect

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... firms the option to create a best of breed business model; which can be somewhat difficult in a market with little competition," according to PrA|mium managing director, Arthur Naoumidis. Simon Bishop, head of sales at COIN, said "the interface will ...

Concise targets midcaps

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... Management chief executive, David Parr. "What we've tried to do is identify space in the market that we think has smaller competition relative to the broader equity funds. "What we're trying to do as well is to provide a managed solution to a number ...

Super funds commit 6pc to private equity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... per cent to just below 50 per cent since the last survey in the wake of the sub-prime crisis. There's also growing competition from another market segment. "Sovereign wealth funds are a friend and an enemy. On one side they are a source for funding ...

Purist private equity adds value

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... markets is now placing the economic viability of PE deals under the spotlight. This economic paradigm has increased competition for assets and the purchase price of businesses within Australia. Boutique equity fund manager MilhouseIAG has moved to a ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... consumption restrictions. A much better mechanism would be introducing free market pricing principles and allowing competition between suppliers. The report jumps from the sublime to the ridiculous however when part of their argument is an analysis of ...

Water the next competitive frontier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... Henry's speech last week continues to attract interest, especially where he argues for a huge step up in national competition policy, particularly in how we price water. "In addressing the Productivity Commission roundtable on the topic of Productive ...