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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... tighter credit conditions. Stocks were sent lower earlier in the day by mortgage financer Freddie Mac, which posted a large third quarter loss. Fellow lender Countrywide plummeted over 20 per cent on rumours it could file for bankruptcy protection, which ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... amid a lack of factors driving up the market. The Nikkei declined 112.05 points to 15,042.56. HONG KONG - Stocks fell for a third straight session, led by China plays. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gave up 154.26 points to 27,460.17. WELLINGTON - NZ ...

SAP and CSC join forces on pricing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... in the market and ensures that no money is left on the table in customer sales opportunities." The CSC agreement is SAP's third deal with a banking provider in seven months. Previous tie-ups have included Misys and CallataA? and Wouters.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... points to 6526.1. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Friday after a day of sharp price swings, helping the S&P 500 narrowly avert a third straight week of losses as bargain-hunting lifted the beaten-down technology sector while shares of oil companies advanced ...

Platforms control two-thirds of planner FUA

Platforms now account for two-thirds of planner funds under advice after jumping from 53 per cent just four years ago, according to new research from the Rainmaker group. The research contained in Rainmaker's latest Advantage report confirmed that despite ...

Macq goes global

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
Macquarie's continued push into overseas markets has helped the group post a record half-yearly profit of $1.06 billion after tax. The results are a 45 per cent increase over the group's $730 million profit for the same period last year. The profit ...

Takeover merchants

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
After stalling during August and September's credit storm, private equity in Australia is experiencing a renaissance, while US PE giants like Blackstone are still weathering the sub-prime storm. Private equity's bruises from August's global liquidity ...

No super for many small businesses

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... Australia. It found 87 per cent of those without superannuation also did not have a succession plan for their business and a third (33 per cent) were already over 45 years old. The results went some way to proving the survey's hypothesis that many small- ...

Killer inflation - three fatalities

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... waiting outside the store at 4 am for a 20 per cent-off sale on rapeseed cooking oil, which has seen prices rise more than a third in the past year thanks to rising inflation. Following a similar incident in a Shanghai market last month where fifteen ...

QSuper appoints three GMs

... Minnett before starting an academic career in 1999. He is currently at QUT as Professor of Finance, Faculty of Business. The third appointee, Peter Fletcher, joins QSuper from CS Energy. Prior to CS, he has worked as an HR practitioner at the Department ...