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ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... Taiwanese market through our funds management, real estate and wholesale banking activities." Fubon Financial Holding is the third largest financial services company in Taiwan and is listed on the Taipei Stock Exchange. The deal is expected to transform ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... results this morning. Supermarket giant Woolworths Ltd will release first quarter sales results and Oz Minerals releases its third quarter report. Pacific Brands Ltd, Skilled Group Ltd and Stockland Group, Cochlear Ltd, Pluton Resources Ltd and Austal ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... firm late on Friday. Stocks may react to a report due from China today which will show how fast that economy grew in the third quarter. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 118.8 points, or 2.99 per cent, at 4,089.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... per cent in September following a downwardly revised 0.4 per cent fall in the previous month. The September fall marks the third monthly decline in retail spending - the first since the 1990/91 recession. The US Federal Reserve's Beige Book for September ...

CFD traders hibernate during crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... difference (CFD) traders rose 71 per cent from April last year to August 2008 due to market uncertainty. According to the third annual 2008 Contracts For Difference Report by Investment Trends, the number of CFD traders fell from 31,000 to 26,000 in ...

Asgard refines licence service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... services in the cover, optional integrated where advisers choose a number of solutions or optional non-integrated which include third party solutions. Advisers can choose different solutions from nine services covering research, advice tools, marketing ...

Cuffe fund outperforms index by 13.8 pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... many fund managers can claim that they are performing well amidst today's gloomy investment environment - but Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund managed to stay ahead of the index since its inception this year. The fund, which still posted a loss ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... per cent in September following a downwardly revised 0.4 per cent fall in the previous month. The September fall marks the third monthly decline in retail spending - the first since the 1990/91 recession. There is no doubt that given the uncertainties ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... Bulletin for October. In company news, Ten Network Holdings reports its annual results. Woodside Petroleum Ltd releases its third quarter report. Asciano Ltd chief financial officer Peter McGregor will address the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... leading index of economic activity for August. In company news today, Rio Tinto Ltd and subsidiary Coal & Allied release third quarter reports. Origin Energy Ltd, AGL Energy Ltd, NSX Ltd, CSL Ltd, Reject Shop Ltd and RiverCity Motorway hold their annual ...