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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... edition of its research into the health of private businesses - the Private Business Barometer. In Sydney, the face of Aussie Home Loans, John Symond, launches the company's new financial products, health fund MBF opens a new centre in the CBD and BankWest ...

Saddle up the greenback

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
Former thoroughbred, the US dollar has morphed into a Shetland pony and the Aussie dollar is one of many currencies climbing on its back. Overnight trading Friday saw Australian dollar rise above US90c for the first time since June 1984 after the US ...

QIC appoints Aussie trading desk head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
QIC has appointed former Austock Securities executive Chris Claridge as head of equities dealing. Claridge will manage QIC's Australian equities trading desk, focussing on alpha generation. He specialises in facilitation, portfolio trading and derivatives. ...

Dollar for dollar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... RAMS Home Loans was invited, on the back of Westpac's decision to buy their distribution franchise for $140 million. The Aussie dollar set a new 18-year record after rising to as much as US89.5 cents, and the Research team at nabCapital said, " We remain ...

Australia versus economic escargot

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... hit on July 24 before the freezing in credit markets." The RBA's Financial Stability Review was also supportive of the Aussie dollar, highlighting the profitability of Australian banks and the very small size, and low arrears rates of the Australian ...

Aussie LPTs top of the pops

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
Investors who put money in Australian listed property nearly three decades ago can quietly pat themselves on the back, with Russell research showing the category outperformed all others over the last 26 years. While the traditional risk/return logic ...

Merger to create $10bn property fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... US/Australian dollar exchange rate impacting on it's growth and value, because it's lost over 20 per cent of its value in Aussie dollars over the last couple of years, because of the strength of the Aussie Dollar." The merger should provide investors ...

HBOS promotes Aussie chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
HBOS Australia's wealth and insurance arm, St Andrew's Australia, chief executive John Van Der Wielen, has been appointed director of distribution for HBOS' insurance and investment division in the UK as a reward for his work in Australia. Van Der Wielen ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... from yesterday's close of 0.8396/02. During the morning, it traded between a low of $US0.8344 and a high of 0.8410. The Aussie dollar opened lower against the US dollar and came under pressure in morning trade as risk aversion returned to the fore on ...

Aussie super funds leap into top 300

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... (220), First State Super (272) and REST (289). The reasons behind the growth, according to the research, included a strong Aussie dollar, booming local equities, fund mergers, strong Superannuation Guarantee contributions and the establishment of the ...