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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... whether we're going for a short shallow recession or a long deep recession." At 1219 AEDT, the big banks were all firmer. ANZ Bank was 68 cents higher to $25.90, Commonwealth Bank was $1.12 firmer at $50.99, National Australia Bank had gained $1.52 ...

Murder on super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... managed super funds that have been slack with investing their funds. They have been earning between four to six per cent in the bank accounts with relatively low risk, and now can look at being active with their funds and buy some cheap shares," said ...

RREEF expands client relations

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
RREEF, the global alternative investment management business of Deutsche Bank, yesterday announced the appointment of Philip Levinson to the newly-created role of head of client relations Asia (ex-Japan) and Australia, and Jon Tanaka as head of portfolio ...

US titans fall, Australia will rise

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
How the mighty have fallen. From Merrill Lynch to JPMorgan Chase, the world's investment banking stalwarts have all shed blood from the US sub-prime scalping - but Australian fund managers are weathering the storm. Last week, Merrill Lynch reported ...

Van Eyk back on the driver's seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Stephen van Eyk, managing director and founder of research company van Eyk Research, will become more hands on after the resignation of the group's research heads, Jerome Lander and Suzanne Tavill. While Tavill left the company last month, van Eyk has ...

Market plunge drives record margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Margin lenders CommSec and St George Bank made record numbers of margin calls on Monday night and after yesterday's All Ordinaries 409 point drubbing, with another record in the making last night. CommSec managing director Matt Comyn, speaking late ...

China's investor confidence crisis

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... the Olympics actually starts in August. What's fuelling these worries, said Shanghai-based economist at Standard Chartered Bank Stephen Green is growing consensus among investors and analysts alike that Chinese stock prices have risen too sharply, belying ...

Philanthropy gets a boost at GSJBW

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... community investment at NAB, and prior to that was involved in the development of the Charitable Trust Services group for Bank of America for over 14 years.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The Australian share market had plunged deeper into the red at noon, amid concerns of a US recession and its likely impact on global growth. At 1215 AEDT the S&P/ASX200 index was down 260.6 points, or 4.67 per cent, to 5,319.8 and the All Ordinaries ...

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
There's growing expectation among European economists that the European Central Bank (ECB) will be forced to follow the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England and start lowering interest rates. Ironically, iterations from executive board member Juergen ...