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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
The Australian stock market has fallen further after opening sharply lower and feeling the impact of steep falls on Wall St overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 180.6 points to 5607.4. The All Ordinaries dropped 191.5 points ...

The price of pain

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
Nothing like a good cash injection to stabilise ailing equity markets, or in the Bank of England's case, offering the patient a drip but at a price. Equity markets suffered another bumpy ride on Friday night with the Dow roller coasting again, dropping ...

Sub-prime dominoes falling

The sub-prime contagion's knock-on effect has so far collided with leveraged loans, investment grade bonds, high yield currencies and global equities. Now local councils are feeling the heat. While consensus has been that the sub-prime fallout would ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
The Australian share market is a sea of green this morning, despite wiping off nearly $60 billion in value yesterday, after US equities shot up shortly before close overnight. US investors picked up shares beaten down by worries over deteriorating credit ...

RBC Dexia scores two global custody deals

... because of its expanded suite of services following the joint venture of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Dexia in 2006. "We feel they are a strong partner who is well-positioned to support our business needs in multiple jurisdictions." Michelle Baltaz ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning after New York rebounded from the sharp falls that were sparked by subprime mortgage fears. At 0648 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was up 18 points ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
The Australian share market held ground in positive territory in morning trading today, despite some easing from the strong opening as higher base metals supported miners and Telstra. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 26.7 points to ...

Australia as Asian hub a pipe dream

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
Australia's hopes of becoming the primary Asian financial hub, as espoused recently by MLC chief executive Steve Tucker, are in severe need of a reality check, according to FTSE's Asia Pacific managing director Paul Hoff. Speaking during a whistlestop ...

Local investors still call Australia home

Australians are resisting the pull of emerging markets around the world after a new study found that 8 out of 10 domestic investors still hold Australian shares in their portfolio and the same number prefer to invest here than offshore. The findings ...

Economic round-up: Creaming cheese exports

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
With our Aussie dollar flirting around the US86c mark, it's keeping a lid on inflation but exporters, except those sending cream cheese to Korea, are really feeling the bite. Our dollar's strength is positively impacting imports, and price increases ...