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Scary markets II

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
Offshore markets rolled over and played dead again overnight, scared silly by another petrol price spike, while the Aussie dollar continued to run on ahead. The Australian dollar rose to a fresh 23-year high of 0.9090, after opening in London at 0.9030 ...

Shut up and drive

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Consumer demand has driven motor vehicle sales comfortably above the million mark, but while cars are cheaper consumers still feel that petrol prices are taking them for a ride. In spite of this, on the latest vehicle sales data, petrol guzzling SUV's ...

Rates rising everywhere bar big bank mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
Plenty of mortgage managers and second tier lenders have pushed home loan interest rates higher in recent weeks as they, or their funders, have passed on some of the rising cost of funds connected to the global liquidity crunch. Examples include South ...

Gunns fuels CG debate

Corporate governance is back in the spotlight after ANZ said it will only finalise its lending decision on Gunns' proposed $1.7 billion pulp mill once it has completed an independent "green" assessment of the project. ANZ has declined an interview request ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open strongly today after US stocks leapt to fresh record highs on Tuesday as newly released Federal Reserve minutes raised expectations of further interest rate cuts. At 0800 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Babcock & Brown launches DIF III

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
The third offering from Babcock & Brown's successful Direct Investment Fund range, which invests in global alternative assets, has attracted the attention of several superannuation funds including Military Super and the WA Local Government Super. Following ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
The Australian sharemarket had recovered at noon after trading in negative territory in early morning trade, with the banking sector providing much of the propping up. At 1208 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 17.4 points higher to 6671.7 and ...

Private equity dodges credit knockout

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
While August's credit crunch knocked the stuffing out of private equity, a knockout punch it was not, and the sector has bounced off the ropes back onto its feet to "float like a butterfly". Private equity's (PE) bruises from the global liquidity squeeze ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
The Australian sharemarket hit an all-time record in early morning trade, with both key indices up by more than one per cent by noon, boosted by a surge on Wall Street on Friday night. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 73.2 points ...

Super dodges sub-prime correction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
The up-and-down market since June might have shaved 1.6 per net off 12 month super returns but over the more important three and five year results it's hardly made a dent, reveals SelectingSuper in their latest super fund performance tables for August. ...