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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today, buoyed by Wall Street. Metals were mixed, offering no clear lead, and a sharp slide in crude oil prices lessened worries about higher energy costs. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Macq launches retail fusion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
Riding on the popularity of its Fusion Fund series, Macquarie Financial Products Management has released another version, but this time available to retail investors. The product is open until November 30 and consists of 22 underlying managed funds ...

ASFA elects new board members

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has elected Russel Mason and Nicolette Rubinsztein to its board of directors, following the departure of David Holston and Brian Bissaker. Mason is a worldwide partner with Mercer, while Rubinsztein ...

Cairns planner jailed for fraud

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
A Cairns financial adviser has been sentenced to eight years jail after pleading guilty to 14 fraud charges involving almost $1 million of client money. The Cairns District Court sentenced the man, Piet Cornelius Walters, on October 30, after he pleaded ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
Looks like the May budget's tax cuts have poured straight into cash registers as retail spending data has shown a blow-out that has the market not just certain Cup Day will win us a rate hike but there will likely be another one under the Christmas ...

Adviser ban after Westpoint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has banned NSW-based financial adviser, Andy Shen-En Chen, from providing financial advice for five years after recommending Westpoint to clients. An ASIC investigation found in between October ...

Macq DDR chief executive resigns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
Macquarie DDR Management chief executive Nick Ridgewell has resigned, effective November 9. Ridgewell will take a position as head of Asian property at Morley in Singapore. Simon Jones, co-head of Macquarie Real Estate Capital, has been appointed acting ...

K2 back on IPO path

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
K2 Asset Management Holdings (K2) has declared that market conditions are now right to re-list on the ASX, after withdrawing its initial public offering in August. Campbell Neal, executive director at K2 Asset Management, previously said a listing in ...

Rate reprieve scratch during Cup Carnival?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
Worse-than-expected CPI figures could crash the Melbourne Cup Carnival, while the Aussie dollar dances to the beat of the rate hike speculation. The trimmed mean consumer price index (CPI) figure rose to 0.9 per cent in the September quarter and consensus ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
Media mentionitis surrounding channel Nine's controversial worm seems to have stolen the limelight from economic aspects of the election campaign, but the latest PPI figures could turn the spotlight. While tax cut plans and economic debate have been ...