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BT and Asgard to lead platform market

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
Nearly one third of all Australian financial planners will call the combined BT/Asgard their primary platform should the Westpac and St.George merger come to fruition. Westpac and St.George yesterday signed a merger implementation agreement - taking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly higher after a more than one per cent decline yesterday. US stock markets and commodity trading in London were closed overnight, providing little direction. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Research and rating firms welcome Govt review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research houses have welcomed a review by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Treasury into the role they, along with credit rating agencies (CRAs), played in the recent financial market turmoil and subsequent corporate collapses. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was down at noon as lower prices for commodities prompted selling in major resources, oil and gold stocks. The major banks also were weaker. CMC markets head of trading James Foulsham said although there had been a positive ...

CommSec extends its reach

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Commonwealth Bank executive general manager for private client services, Edward Tait, describes the bank's online brokerage CommSec as a financial services supermarket. At an analysts' briefing yesterday Tait outlined plans to stock the supermarket ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open a little lower as a positive lead from Wall Street is offset by plunging base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down seven points at 5,854. Today, the Housing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open more than one per cent lower after stagflation fears hit Wall Street. The prices of most industrial metals fell overnight but the oil price continued its upward charge and precious metals also were stronger. ...

The fight over how to fight inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
People arguing that Australia should relax its inflation targets are peculiar and misguided, argues Ken Henry, secretary of the Commonwealth Treasury. Henry's comments, in a speech he gave yesterday to a forum of Australian Business Economists in Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open more than one per cent lower after rising consumer price data in the US hurt Wall Street and mixed commoditiy prices. On the Sydney Futures exchange at 0738 AEST, the June share price index was down 76 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon, led by Macquarie Group, which hinted that its record annual profit may not be repeated due to volatile financial markets. The miners also fell after industrial metals prices declined overnight. At 1200 ...