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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
The Australian share market outperformed its US counterparts during morning trade, losing just 0.4 per cent as financial stocks gave up gains from last week's market rally. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 11.8 points, or 0.33 per cent ...

Fry and Watton win AIST Trustee award

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
Tasplan chairman Doug Fry and Vision Super trustee director Bill Watton are the joint winners of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST)'s 2009 Trustee of the Year Award. Fry and Watton, who is also a director at VicSuper, were presented ...

Opposition slams govt short selling claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
The opposition has refuted Senator Nick Sherry's claim that the government action on short selling is in-line with the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) report, declaring the government misrepresented the report. Minister ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was more than one per cent higher at noon, with gains among resources and financial stocks leading the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 41.3 points, or 1.19 per cent, higher at 3,507.1, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower after US stocks, gold and copper fell on Friday. At 0741 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June SPI futures index was down 20 points at 3,467. In company news today, Sigma Pharmaceuticals ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was flat at noon, with gains in resources and energy stocks offset by losses in the financial sector. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was steady at 3,480.2, while the broader All Ordinaries was up 1.9 points, or 0.06 ...

First corporate bond issue of 2009

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
Australia's moribund corporate bond market showed signs of life this week when Australia Post launched a medium-term note issue. The issue will price later this week but the joint lead managers, ANZ and Commonwealth Bank, are confident that pricing ...

Fresh mint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
Last night the US Federal Reserve made Wall Street an offer it could not refuse - 1.25 trillion freshly minted greenbacks. After heading south for most of the trading session, the S&P 500 changed direction and headed for a more than 2 per cent gain ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was around 1.5 per cent lower at noon ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision, after diversified financials and transport stocks helped the market claw back some lost ground. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Planners to face cashflow crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Small-to-medium size financial planning firms risk bankruptcy if they don't quickly adjust their cashflow needs to suit today's realities, and the earlier they talk to their banker about needing extra help, the better, said one banking specialist. Malcolm ...