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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
The Australian share market was higher at noon, boosted by financials and the prospect of another interest rate cut in the United States later tonight. The Dow Jones industrial average made a late comeback overnight, which also bolstered the local bourse. ...

ANZ sets the scene for capital raising

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... increasingly turn to banks to borrow, and lending books expand, there is a need for more expensive equity capital. "These global forces are inevitably flowing through to interest rates over and above changes that may be made by the Reserve Bank. "So ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... economy by raising the exchange rate, which results in the manufacturing sector becoming less competitive in the world market," he said. Professor Fischer said, perhaps prophetically, that a consequence of the Dutch Disease is inflation because it fuels ...

Ausmaq and Praemium form IT pact

NAB-owned managed funds administrator Ausmaq and listed portfolio administrator Praemium have joined forces to provide a combined managed fund trading, administration and reporting facilities for investors. Under the deal, both companies will integrate ...

Asia Pac equities in the red

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... capital into Asian stockmarkets, investing in a multitude of "good" and "bad" quality companies. A nervous global 2008 market however, will prompt investors in Asian equities to rethink their strategies. The possibility of a US recession coupled with ...

Cautiously upbeat: Economists Forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... the US have them too frequently." This disconnect forces the realisation that on decoupling the debate is over, he said. Market esoterics aside, Tony Pensabene, associate director of economics and research at the Australian Industry Group, said, "We ...

New take on old fee debate

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... in the wheel. If performance is the key thing, I think it could be detrimental to the industry. There's too many market forces that take it out of our control."

Olympus and Contango explore India

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... managers Olympus Funds Management and Contango Capital Partners have joined forces to unlock the gates of India's investment market to Australian investors. Contango recently acquired a 64 per cent stake in Olympus, an Indian investment specialist fund ...

SAP and CSC join forces on pricing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... they focused on pricing due to traditional pricing models not being fast or sophisticated enough to deal with frequent market changes. SAP's Price Optimization software focuses on risk management, asset and liability management, customer relationship ...

Race to the pump

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... Federal Reserve cuts interest rates which is, according to consensus, no so much a matter of if, as by how much. However many market analysts are believe that oil's escalating prices have more to do with speculation than fundamentals in a market increasingly ...