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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open stronger as better news from the housing industry sent US stocks higher overnight. At 0819 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 54 points higher at 4,626. In economics news ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Rogue hedge funds will lie, cheat and connive to get investor money, and while the regulators lack muscle to stop them, there are ways for pension funds to quickly spot the next Madoff. Professor Stephen Brown, a top academic who presented at a hearing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
Australian markets have received negative leads overall from overseas since Friday's local session. At 0807 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was down seven points at 4,694. In economics news on Monday, the ...

Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Natural Capital joins a nascent group of fund managers hell-bent on saving the planet by backing companies that put the environment first, profits second. Sustainable investing, called by any other name, has been around for decades. But Angus Forbes ...

Prevention better than the cure: Asteron

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Life insurer Asteron spearheads a new preventative healthcare program that aims to slash the cost of insurance to the average Australian and finally put a stop to insurance being seen as a 'grudge expense'. Yesterday the group launched an online customer ...

Not proud of Storm involvement: Norris

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
CBA chief executive Ralph Norris has acknowledged that the bank's involvement with Storm Financial was not something he was proud of - but hopes the processes put in place to help affected customers would ease some of their burden. Norris told an audience ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
Days like these, I should have stayed in bed a bit longer. For this is one of those days when overnight action on Wall Street offered no adrenaline hit to my system. Will have to settle for three coffee cups this morning. The S&P slipped 0.3 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open slightly higher after a moderately positive lead from Wall Street. At 0700 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was five points higher at 4118. In economic news, Governor ...

Berry Fin Services ready for next growth phase

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
Berry Financial Services managing director and FPA chair, Julie Berry, said ComCorp's 40 per cent stake gives her company more firepower to grow its client base, particularly in the credit union sector. MMC Contrarian subsidiary, ComCorp Financial Advice ...

US church pension ramps up Asia-Pac presence

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
The Church Pension fund, a US-based pension fund with $9 billion in assets, opens an office in Hong Kong as it bulks up its portfolio in Asian real estate and private equity assets. According to oversees news reports, the fund has hired Mason - who ...