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Agribusiness still appeals to lenders

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
Leaving aside the current crisis, bankers still see the rural sector as an attractive market. Westpac's general manager for agribusiness banking Graham Jennings said the bank has added 45 agribusiness bankers to his team in the past 12 months. The bank's ...

INVESCO shores up fixed income with $280m global mandates

The local arm of global fund manager INVESCO is cementing its role in the global fixed income space after winning major mandates from Transport Workers Union (TWU) Super and ING Optimix. Australian INVESCO chief, Mick O'Brien, said that domestic investors ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
The US release of key retail sales data for September showed that while there was a 0.4 per cent fall in sales most of this was due to the 9.3 per cent reduction in petrol station sales due to falling fuel costs since July. Consequently, excluding fuel ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
The Australian stock market was stronger at noon with the big miners and banks pushing the bourse in an upwards direction. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 39.3 points higher at 5298.7 while the all ordinaries surged 37 points to 5260.9. On ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The possibility of an interest rate rise at the next meeting of the RBA increased last night when the governor, Dr Glenn Stevens, mentioned that the September quarter CPI figure due on 25 October would be a linch pin in the decision. Dr Stevens said ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
The Australian share market was stronger at noon with the big miners leading the way upward on the back of stronger metals prices overnight. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 40.6 points stronger at 5239.7 while the all ordinaries gained 39.5 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
Australian stocks have opened slightly up today on the back of strong commodity prices, and in spite of a fall on the US market on Friday. At 1015 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.1 points at 5223.8, while the all ordinaries went 3.9 points ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
The Australian stock market continued its upward charge at noon, buoyed by a positive lead from Wall Street and a surge in banking and energy stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 62.6 points to 5205.3 and the all ordinaries rose ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
The Australian stock market was weaker at noon today as a fall in the oil price weighed on shares in resource and energy companies. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.83 points to 5172.5 and the all ordinaries fell 12.67 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0737 AEST, the December share price index contract was up nine points at 5,117. Today, federal treasurer Peter Costello will ...