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Raising stakes in charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... chief executive; Fiona Trafford-Walker, Frontier Investment Consulting managing director and Don Stammer, former Deutsche Bank chief economist and director of investment strategy. But most importantly, said Cuffe, the projected one per cent or $1.5 million ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... giving up 48 cents to $41.52 and rival Rio Tinto 96 cents worse at $136.76. But the major banks were making modest gains. ANZ Bank added 21 cents to $20.78, Commonwealth Bank found 30 cents to $41.41, National Australia Bank rose 31 cents to $29.01 and ...

CFA takes ethics inhouse

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... presenters and then collating the content. That should take some months." The ethics workshop began five years ago after the World Bank approached CFA to design a program for the bank's employees in Washington DC. Since then, CFA has developed the program ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... up 29.58 points, or 1.27 per cent, at 2,351.70. LONDON - Britain's top share index ended a choppy session lower after the Bank of England cut interest rates as expected and warned over rising inflation. The FTSE 100 ended 18.8 points or 0.3 per cent ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 4.1 per cent in March, compared with 4.0 per cent in February. In company news, Bank of Queensland posted profit for the first half up 19 per cent, while its interest margin dropped on the back of the worldwide ...

MAN hedge fund gets top rating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... fills a niche currently lacking in mainstream investment platforms. The return objective of the 6 per cent above the UBS Bank Bill (before fees) provides the potential to generate meaningful alpha to a diversified portfolio, said Davis. This higher alpha ...

FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
The world is catching the financial literacy bug with the launch of new programs now targeting the impoverished in the third world. Last month the Aflatoun global Campaign for Child Social and Financial Education was launched in Amsterdam by Princess ...

Silk and Vilgan join govt council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... chief executive; and Paul Binstead, Lazard Australia Advisory Board member were also appointed to FSAC. Gail Kelly, Westpac Bank managing director and chief executive and Jeremy Duffield, Vanguard Investments Australia managing director were reappointed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... Futures exchange, the June share price index was 25 points lower at 5526 on a volume of 1,978 contracts. In the news today, the Bank of Queensland releases first half results. Court action involving companies whose shares have been caught up in the collapse ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... sentiment had dragged the market down. "This is the third month in a row that the sentiment has been down," Mr Campbell said. Bank stocks also were taking the market down with profit-taking. "The finance sector is being dragged down particularly on the ...