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The price of pain

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... the Bank of England has taken a different approach in line with its amended money market system introduced last year. The BOE is charging a premium interest rate, 1 percentage point over base, on a permanent unlimited facility. So while its peers are ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is set to return to positive territory today after an improvement in trading activity on Wall Street and in defiance over a fall in metals prices. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today on a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0720 AEST, the September share price index was 19 points higher at 6,425. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
The Australian market is expected to open slightly higher this morning thanks to a strong performance on US markets and rising commodities prices. At 0646 AEST, on the Sydney futures exchange, the June share price index was up 3 points at 6361. In economic ...

US pension funds no longer the big boys

In 2000, US pension funds dominated the top 20 list of the largest pension funds in the world but a new study has found that in 2005, Asian and European pension funds have taken over. The 2005 joint survey by Watson Wyatt and US publication Pensions ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
The Australian market is expected to post sharp losses when it opens after Wall Street shed four-fifths of one per cent of its value overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0656 AEST, the June share price index contract was down 21 points to 5,957. ...

FPA member fined and expelled

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expelled a member in the continuing fallout from the Westpoint disaster. Western Australian planner Annemieke de Boer of Centro Financial Synergy was charged with 35 breaches of the FPA's Code of Ethics and ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a slighter stronger lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the March share price index contract finished overnight trading up two points 5959. In economic news today, Australian ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The New Zealand Superannuation Board has responded to an attack from the NZ Greens Party that alleged they were investing in companies that manufacture nuclear weapons and cluster bombs. David May, chairman of the Board of the Guardians of New Zealand ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
... leading shares ended down 0.36 per cent following a mixed session for corporate results and after both the Bank of England (BoE) and European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates unchanged. The FTSE 100 ended down 23.1 points at 6,346.4. FRANKFURT ...