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Weekly economic round-up

... meter, the price of crude oil has lately been ticking higher almost every day. So much so that concerns are beginning to mount over the negative repercussion on inflation and global growth. Escalating prices of crude oil has relegated recent positive ...

S&P to rate its raters

S&P plans to put its own ratings to the test by conducting a study that will measure the success of its analyst recommendations. The group's head of fund ratings, Mark Hoven, spoke of the plans at a Securitor conference session debating whether fund ...

FPA appoints new CEO

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed a new CEO to replace Kerrie Kelly who departed on 3 March. Jo-Anne Bloch, formerly deputy CEO of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) from 2002-04 and most recently principal ...

MLIM and BlackRock create $1.35 trillion fund

Following weeks of mounting speculation, Merrill Lynch Investment Management (MLIM) is now set to merge with listed US money manager BlackRock to form a $1.35 trillion investment juggernaut. In a move that has sweeping ramifications across the US managed ...

Secured creditors called on for help in Westpoint bungle

... back is by allowing some of the projects to be completed, as opposed to shutting them down immediately. "For example the Mount Street property in North Sydney could double in value by finalising the Development Approval which requires some funds and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2006
The Australian share market is likely to open lower following a weak lead from Wall Street. US markets fell overnight when the bourse reopened after the Martin Luther King public holiday as the earnings season cranked up a notch and oil prices rose. ...

Global hedge funds up 7 per cent for the year: Greenwich-Van

The Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index gained 7 per cent over the year to end October, according to hedge fund index provider Greenwich-Van Advisors (Greenwich-Van). "Many hedge fund strategies, with the exception of short sellers and convertible ...

Market Wrap

The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer as stronger oil prices feed through to energy stocks, although the market is expected to start winding back as it heads into the summer session. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December ...

Market wrap

... close out the session. Fronting shareholders today are John Fairfax, Resmed, Hutchison's Child Care, Macquarie Goodman, Mount Gibson Iron and Summit Resources. Details about the initial public offering of Goodman Fielder are also expected to be unveiled ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2005
... data for September. On the equities front, Westpac will be a primary focus, however Excel Coal, Envestra, Jubilee Mines, Mount Burgess Mining and Tassal all front shareholders. NEW YORK - US stocks rose to one-month highs as investors snapped up depressed ...