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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Australian stocks are expected to show a stronger performance today, following a stronger performance on Wall Street overnight. At 0800 AEST, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was 127 points higher at 4,812. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market had lost about $45 billion in value by noon, after Wall Street went into convulsions overnight following the rejection by lawmakers of a massive rescue of the US financial system. At 1215 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... media that Paulson and US Fed chair Ben Bernanke haven't synchronised their proposal with what is actually allowed under the law and that they are massively overreaching their jurisdiction. Alan Blinder, former Federal Reserve vice chair, was even reported ...

Minnow mortgage manager wants to be big fish

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
To grab a larger slice of the mortgage manager pie, Firstfolio Limited continues the growth by acquisition strategy, taking on six businesses during financial year 2008. Firstfolio grew its lending book by a third, to $8 billion for the period, with ...

AMP taps first home saver market

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
AMP Banking is offering first home saver accounts (FHSAs) which boasts an 8 per cent interest rate per annum. AMP is launching the new account from the beginning of October, which will see borrowers pay an introductory variable interest rate of eight ...

HBOS surrenders to Lloyds TSB

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
The worsening credit crunch may be about to generate a first merger of prominent commercial banks, with Lloyds TSB close to finalising terms for a takeover of HBOS. Britain's government and Financial Services Authority are encouraging the merger, according ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... that an economic system that allows individuals to pursue their own self-interest under conditions of competition and common law, would be a self-regulating and highly prosperous economy, gave way to the theory posited by John Maynard Keynes in his opus ...

No jump in client meetings: Business Health

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
Despite the market upheaval in the past 12 months, financial planners are still meeting an average six clients each week, the same number as the previous year and 'too low' if a planner is serious about business longevity. The Business Health report ...

Banks not ready for Web 2.0

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
While many retail banks have toyed with the idea of using social networking sites to draw customers, a new study found many are still afraid that linking up their online services to third-party content poses a serious security threat. Datamonitor's ...

US and Aus open equities borders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... as a financial services hub, according to a statement from Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. Included in the arrangement is the Enhanced Enforcement Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and a new supervisory MOU that provides ...