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K2 floats on $20 million

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
K2 Asset Management's delayed initial public offering (IPO) has closed oversubscribed, giving the company a $20.48 million early Christmas present. K2 sold the nine per cent slice at $1.05 per share, giving the company a $228.6 million market cap from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive US lead. At 0808 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 32 points at 6491. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases new motor vehicle ...

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
While US and European banks take an 'open-Kimono position' towards sub-prime losses, it's leaving Godzilla sized footprints on Japan's financial sector, crushing the $320 billion Mizuho merger and derailing a share-swap between Citigroup and Nikko Cordial. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after a mixed lead from Wall Street. In London, base metals prices all were down. At 0807 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 38 points to 6446. Today ...

Killer inflation - three fatalities

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
While the RBA flags the dangers of growing consumer spending on our rising inflation, China's rocketing inflation and consumer demand have proved to be a killer. Literally. Australia's employment growth was softer than expected in October, however Westpac's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to begin today's trade lower, with Wall Street down in afternoon trade and metal prices also down overnight. At 0819 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 138 points to 6549. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is likely to open higher this morning, as the New York market looks set to end on a positive note, the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision on interest rates is announced, and base metal prices in London were higher overnight. ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is likely to open higher today, after a positive ending to Friday's trade in New York. At 0753 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 25 points to 6723. Today, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth ...

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  ...