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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
Stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange could be in for a shellacking today, led down by the financial and resources sectors, after the US House of Representatives rejected a $US700 billion rescue package this morning. At 0809 AEST, the ...

Industry gathers for ESG academy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
Wealth management institutions, industry bodies and even a rock star turned politician were among the crowd that gathered yesterday at a stakeholder meeting to develop the Responsible Investment Academy curriculum and framework. Former Midnight Oil ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher today after the Wall Street lifted more than 302 points on Friday night. At 0745 AEST, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures exchange was 72 points higher at 5,034. ...

V-Wrap sales sky rocket

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
Praemium's online portfolio administration service, V-Wrap attracted a record number of new sales in the past two months, increasing by 20 and 30 per cent in June and July respectively compared to the same period's last year. Arthur Naoumidis, Praemium ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to fall about one per cent after Wall St was rocked by disappointing US economic growth and job market figures. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract fell 48 points ...

Inflation outlook dim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... April. The core CPI measure reached a cyclical peak of 2.9 percent back in September 2006. The Fed remains stuck between a rock and a hard place. News of another sharp drop in crude oil prices overnight is encouraging. Crude oil prices fell to a low ...

Everest B&B wins $200m Sunsuper mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Sunsuper awarded Everest Babcock & Brown a $200 million mandate to construct an absolute return fund for the super fund. Jeremy Reid, Everest Babcock & Brown chief executive, said the Sunsuper mandate represented the firm's first Australian institutional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after fears that US banks could be forced to raise more capital hit Wall St. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 25 points at 5,583. Today, the Australian Bureau of ...

Sunsuper injects $19m into hot rocks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... Geodynamics has been given the green light by the company's shareholders. This investment deal will help to fund the hot rock developer's Cooper Basin drilling project. According to Sunsuper the investment represents one of the super fund's more innovative ...

Westpac and St.George outline merger terms

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
Westpac and St.George have agreed to the key terms outlined in yesterday's proposed merger - taking the two institutions a step closer to creating Australia's largest platform provider and banking institution. The newest development further cements ...