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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
The Australian stock market appears headed for further choppy trade with an uncertain lead from Wall Street, base metals in London down, and continued uncertainty over world market conditions. At 0743 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
The Australian dollar was weaker at noon as a slide which began overnight on the back of news of banking giant Citigroup's first ever quarterly loss continued through the local morning session. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8823/31 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower as US stocks plunged overnight on the back of a record quarterly loss at top US bank Citigroup Inc and a surprise drop in US December retail sales. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0805 AEDT, the ...

City Pacific to buy MFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
Financial services provider, City Pacific has placed a $1.33 billion offer for funds management and advisory provider, MFS Limited. The offer includes the issue of 225 million new shares to MFS shareholders, assuming each share City Pacific receives ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning, following positive leads from Wall Street and from base metals in London overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0839 AEDT, the March share price index was UP 61 points to 6,027. ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
An economy moving to full employment has big implications for economic policy and how we should read the macro indicators. In a major speech to the NSW Economic Society this week, Dr Steven Kennedy from the Commonwealth Treasury said while the most ...

Members require ID checks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has warned that superannuation fund members may need to provide additional identification before they can receive their fund benefits, following the implementation of anti-money laundering ...

More bite from subprime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
The US is likely heading for a recession as consumer spending plummets because of the subprime mess, according to Matthew Drennan, investment director at Zurich. Speaking at a briefing yesterday, Drennan said the securitised amount of subprime credit ...

Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
On the eve of the implementation of the most significant provision of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the regulator Austrac has conceded that there is a big loophole in the law. Austrac issued a statement yesterday, saying ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
The Australian share market remained one per cent weaker at noon, following Wall Street's disappointment over a smaller-than-expected interest rate cut by the US central bank. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 70.3 points or 1.05 per cent ...