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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall Street despite mixed base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0741 AEDT, the March share price index contract was trading up 24 points at 5,817. On the corporate ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
Some good news with respect to Australia's skills development and technological strength following the announcement by Education, Science and Training Minister Julie Bishop that the national science organisation CSIRO will receive $2.5 billion in funding. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after a weak lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0712 AEDT, the March share price index contract was trading down five points at 5620. On the equities front today, Woodside Petroleum ...

Financial Standard signing off for 2006

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
This is the last daily news from Financial Standard for 2006 and we wish all our readers a very happy and safe Christmas and a prosperous - and profitable - New Year. Our daily news will commence again on 17 January 2007 but the Financial Standard team ...

SELECT tops hedge fund ratings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
Two of Select Asset Management's (SELECT) alternative investment funds have topped Standard & Poor's (S&P) hedge fund rankings with both receiving five star ratings. The Select Gottex Market Neutral Fund and a two times leveraged version of the fund ...

Young to be replaced at helm of HFA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
Paul Jensen will replace HFA founder and current HFA Asset Management chief executive officer, Spencer Young, at the helm of the funds management business as Young moves to a more strategically focused role within the group. HFA said Jensen will take ...

Asset Super launches into advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Asset Super is to offer its members access to low cost single-issue financial planning through Money Solutions. The planning service will be call centre based and Asset Super members who phone the fund's call centre will be transferred to Money Solutions ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
The Australian share market was stronger at noon, buoyed by a positive lead from Wall St and higher metals prices. At 1203 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 26.5 points higher at 5451.4 while the all ordinaries lifted 24.5 points to 5437. On ...

Former NAB adviser gets 8 years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
A former National Australia Bank (NAB) financial planner has been jailed for eight years for dishonesty and fraud relating to nearly $6 million of misappropriated funds. Following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation ...

APRA to flex its muscle with outsourcing deals

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Under the terms of new prudential guidelines, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will have the power to conduct onsite inspections of companies undertaking outsourcing work for financial institutions under its supervision. But signaling ...