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GFC Problem solved

... meets the eye. The G20 resolved to boost the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) resources by US$500 billion, gave the World Bank (WB) US$100 billion plus US$250 billion for trade financing. If anyone ever wondered why these international bodies where ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... March SPI futures index was up 56 points at 3,732. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index for March is released. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
The Australian stock market was 2.6 per cent higher at noon after strong gains from the big miners and banks, following a positive lead from Wall Street overnight. At 1214 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 93.4 points or 2.61 per cent higher at 3673.1 ...

Make love not leverage

Financial Fools' Day is what some 4,000 anti-everything protesters dubbed the day when leaders of the G20 meet to hold a summit on 'how do we solve a problem like the GFC?' The protesters were railing against almost every issue known to man it seems. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... extraordinary general meetings. Henderson Group Plc, Galaxy Resources Ltd and RMA Energy Ltd hold general meetings. Reserve Bank of Australia board member and former Woolworths Ltd chief executive Roger Corbett addresses an American Chamber of Commerce ...

AMPFP restructures research team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
AMP Financial Planning has recruited three new members to its products research team - including the replacement to former research manager Jerome Bodisco - and is in talks with five research houses as part of a fundamental review of its products research ...

FTSE launches Asian sector indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Financial planners can access specific Asian sectors such as oil and gas, chemicals and health care for clients after FTSE Group released 18 new sector indices that target the region. This series of indices provide access to countries included on the ...

ANZ sheds planning staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
ANZ plans to make 58 staff redundant from the bank's financial planning division citing poorer-than-expected demand for advice. According to an ANZ spokesperson, the bank reviewed its financial planning division numbers and cut the number of roles by ...

CVC the preferred buyer of iShares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Barclays has singled out private equity firm CVC Capital Partners as its preferred bidder for the bank's prized exchange traded funds asset, iShares. According to a press statement by Barclays, the bank's preferred bidder is global private equity firm ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has joined the fray of gloomier international forecasters. The World Bank (WB) started to get glum at the start of the year, quickly followed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Not to be ...