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Capital raisings shun small investors: ISS

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
When global credit markets seized up in late 2008 and for much of 2009, Australia's blue chip companies were forced to look to equity markets for much needed funding. Almost $100 billion in new equity was raised, but the average investor didn't really ...

Rainmaker unveils 2010 award nominees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
The 16th Rainmaker Marketing Symposium is to be held within weeks and will see the gathering of leading minds across the financial industry, and will feature an awards night to recognise the best in financial services marketing. Professionals from all ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing lower and oil prices dropping back below $US81 a barrel. Metals fell, too. At 0645 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

Goldman Sachs pay $620m to settle SEC lawsuit

SEC RELEASE, BLOOMBERG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Goldman Sachs & Co has paid the US regulator more than $620 million (US$550 million), the largest penalty ever levelled against a financial firm, for allegedly misleading investors regarding the deals behind its sub-prime mortgage product. Goldman Sachs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
The Australian market received mostly flat to negative leads from major Asian and European markets on Monday as Wall Street remained closed for the July 4 Public Holiday in the US. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
The government and large miners have negotiated a breakthrough compromise deal on the mining tax that not only keeps the broad structure of the tax in place but saves most of its benefits, especially the SG uplift. Driving the negotiations were Deputy ...

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
In an unprecedented intervention into the political war around the government's mining tax proposal, the chairman of the public sector Future Fund said the tax should be re-designed or scrapped. David Murray, Future Fund chairman, told Business Spectator ...

APRA concedes on life ins data, slaps down friendlies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
After taking on and beating the super funds industry on public disclosure of fund level data, the regulator APRA has bowed to life insurance industry concerns and agreed to not disclose group wide performance metrics. In November 2009 APRA released ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher, following a positive finish on Wall Street and in Europe, and after contract prices for oil, silver and copper ended firmer. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Thanks but no thanks! This is the Australian financial markets response to the government's response to the Henry Tax Review. BHP and RIO and other profitable miners are up in arms over Krudd's proposed 40 per cent tax on their "super profits." Investors ...