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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
The Australian share market has received mixed lead from Wall Street, with the Dow Jones index down 0.34 per cent, the blue chip S&P500 index barely changed and the Nasdaq technical index up slightly. But resources stocks may receive a boost from strong ...

QIC adds two to board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
QIC has appointed management consultant Bradley Bowton and former State Super chief executive, Lyn Gearing, to its board. Bowton is one of the founding directors of management consultancy CACE Partners. Prior to establishing CACE Partners, Bowton worked ...

Westpac and St.George outline merger terms

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... will also create a shakeup in the "Big Four" makeup of Australian banks, as the conglomerate will hold the title of largest bank by market capitalisation at approximately $66 billion on a pro forma basis. The merged company's estimated consumer base ...

First State leads UK adviser fund scoreboard

The UK arm of homegrown fund manager Colonial First State scooped the top six spots in a new report that looks at the top 100 fund managers in the UK based on consistent performance. London-based financial adviser publication Professional Adviser published ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... slightly at noon after opening in the red today while the market digested the terms of the proposed Westpac and St George Bank merger. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.3 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 5,832.8 while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... report for May. In equities, attention will be focussed on Westpac Banking Corporation's proposal to take over St George Bank. Both stocks are in trading halts which are due to expire this morning. In retail, Harvey Norman Ltd releases its third quarter ...

$500k fraudster gets jail time

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... a two and a half year period with the proceeds generally being paid to the friend's account and then remitted to his own bank account. On two occasions the proceeds were used to repurchase shares sold in earlier fraudulent transactions. According to ...

NAB and MLC make headway post sub-prime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
National Australia Bank and its investment arm MLC managed to wade through the sub-prime carnage to post positive gains in the six months to March. NAB boosted its net profit by 25.8 per cent to $2.7 billion for the first half year and its cash earnings ...

St George and Westpac to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... network, bringing its planner numbers over the 1,000 mark, which would make them very similar in numbers to nab and Commonwealth Bank," said Rainmaker's associate director Andrew Keevers. While the proposed merger does not impact Australia's four pillar ...

Have coffee, will iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... December, BGI sponsored a 40-foot catamaran, which was on display at Sydney Harbour. ING Direct, St George, Suncorp and Macquarie Bank also employ Eat Media for part of their advertising strategy. An ING Direct spokesperson said the firm uses a similar ...