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JPMorgan buys DME stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... financial institutions and energy firms as an equity stakeholder in the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME). The global investment bank joins Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Vitol, Concord Energy, Casa Energy Trading and Shell Group as an equity stakeholder. ...

Aviva's term deposits hit $430m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... money coming from superannuation and pension funds. Aviva provides a number of term deposits from St George and the Adelaide Bank. "Many superannuation funds do not allow members to invest in term deposits. We have to put money in superannuation and ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... investment - dropped by 20.1 in the year to September following a 20.7 fall in August. In Australia, the National Australia Bank's (NAB) Business Confidence index declined to -8 in September from -7 in August. Job ads fell another 1.4 per cent in September ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... Valley. On Friday, the Australian share market gave up early gains to close marginally lower amid falls on resources and bank stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended 42.6 points, or 1.06 per cent lower, at 3970.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... what are they going to say about the next 12 months? "So a few question marks coming into the weekend." National Australia Bank fell 46 cents, or 2.03 per cent, to $22.24, Commonwealth Bank lost 53 cents, or 1.25 per cent, to $41.87 and ANZ Banking Group ...

Asgard refines licence service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... of advice." This offer is available to Asgard platform users including planners from Securitor Financial Group, St.George Bank Financial Planning and independent financial advisers (IFAs).

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... $26.69, while rival Rio Tinto declined $10.38, or 13.22 per cent, to $68.12. Banking stocks were lower, too. National Australia Bank Ltd dropped $1.04, or 4.38 per cent, to $22.68, after it said it expected full-year cash earnings to be around $3.9 billion ...

WW names top fund managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Colonial First State, Macquarie Bank Group and AMP were among Australia's funds management firms to be included in the Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt World 500 rankings last year. Among the top 500, 15 Australian managers made the cut, making up ...

ME to gain market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Industry Super Fund owned Members Equity Bank could be the accidental winner in the current race among the big four to buy their smaller rivals. Yesterday, Garry Weaven, Members Equity Bank managing director was quoted in the Australian Financial Review ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... European equity markets slumped again as downbeat US economic data released overnight brought home this point. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen underscored this point remarking that, 'Virtually every major sector of the economy ...