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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket was in positive territory at noon, fuelled by a solid lead from Wall Street overnight and Australia's strong gross domestic product figures released yesterday. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 21.8 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket was in positive territory at noon led strong strong gains in the resources and energy sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 29.5 points to 6164.5 and the all ordinaries added 31.4 points to 6169.4. ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
There's nothing like waking up to the joyful chirping of Black Hawk helicopters and protesters performing their morning ablutions under the energetic stream of a $600,000 water cannon. No wonder Sydney residents are being given the big heave-ho. It's ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
The Australian sharemarket was in positive territory at noon led strong strong gains in the resources and energy sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 29.5 points to 6164.5 and the all ordinaries added 31.4 points to 6169.4. ...

Retirement gets more expensive: ASFA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
The cost of maintaining a 'modest' standard of living in retirement has increased by 8.8 per cent in the last three years, and a comfortable retirement by 8.1 per cent, according to the latest Westpac ASFA Retirement Standard survey. The increases mean ...

Service not fees drive consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
Financial services operators talk obsessively about fees but what really upsets consumers is poor service. A landmark study, by the communications technology and consulting group Fujitsu, has revealed 80 per cent of banking customers take the way they ...

Labor supports financial services export push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
The Shadow Minister for Trade and Regional Development, Simon Crean, has announced the Labor party's support for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) May discussion paper on exporting Australia's financial services. Speaking at an ...

BNP thaws out frozen funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
BNP Paribas has announced it will re-open three hedge funds frozen earlier this month as a result of the US sub-prime crisis. The BNP Paribas ABS Euribor and BNP Paribas ABS Eonia funds will re-open to subscriptions and redemptions tomorrow, while the ...

Debenture devil in the detail

The high profile failures of debenture issuers such as Westpoint, Fincorp and Bridgecorp have prompted ASIC to release a consultation paper detailing tighter disclosure rules on debenture products. But is more disclosure enough to protect retail investors? ...

Perpetual strategy bears fruit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
Listed investment manager Perpetual is reaping the rewards of a strategy implemented four years ago after its latest results show that more than 50 per cent of revenue growth over the period came from non-Australian equity sources and nearly 20 per ...