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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is set to fall at the open after world stock markets plummeted on Monday as panic-stricken investors doubted whether a Wall Street bailout package would stem the global financial crisis. At 0806 AEDT, the December Share Price ...

Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Australia may be a small country but it took Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 2,700 word speech to the United Nations on Friday to articulate a way out of the global financial mess. The speech was in contrast to US Treasury secretray Henry Paulson's widely ...

Symantec ramps up CSR

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
From slashing its energy consumption to designing 'green' buildings, Symantec joins the growing list of companies articulating their environmental policies - all mapped out in its first ever corporate responsibility report released this year. Among ...

HBOS Australia gives Lloyds thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
HBOS Australia's parent company is being swallowed by UK bank Lloyds TBS, but its local arm is welcoming the move as a way to grow its client base. In a statement released by the company, HBOS Australia claims the acquisition would position the firms' ...

No jump in client meetings: Business Health

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
Despite the market upheaval in the past 12 months, financial planners are still meeting an average six clients each week, the same number as the previous year and 'too low' if a planner is serious about business longevity. The Business Health report ...

Art Trust hit by investor sentiment

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
Australian Fine Art Management has been forced to lower the minimum investment amount on The Art Trust by more than $10 million to $20 million as investor sentiment continues to fall in bad markets. Launched in May, The Art Trust adopts a unit trust ...

Industry gathers for ESG academy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
Wealth management institutions, industry bodies and even a rock star turned politician were among the crowd that gathered yesterday at a stakeholder meeting to develop the Responsible Investment Academy curriculum and framework. Former Midnight Oil ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
It was another down day for Wall Street overnight as concerns about the financial sector resurfaced and another negative housing news overcame a drop in crude oil prices. Crude oil prices settled below US$113 a barrel last night following reports that ...

Econocrats pour cold water on mortgage agency

The Australian government's two key economic agencies yesterday reiterated their view that the market for mortgage-backed securities would recover, and that there was no case for any form of government-sponsored mortgage funding agency. In his opening ...

Super marketing with grunt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
A YouTube ad, an email blast and an annual report that morphs with the member's age were among the winning entries at this year's ASFA Communications Awards held in Sydney last night. This year's awards, which recognises the most innovative or effective ...