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Challenger JV opens EM infrastructure doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Challenger Financial Services and global trading company Mitsui & Co have signed a joint venture agreement to develop an infrastructure focussed investment management business in Singapore and launch an emerging markets infrastructure fund. Mitsui & ...

Zurich extends political risk insurance to EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... companies against risk of a range of government actions that might prevent an investor from receiving benefits associated with trading emission credits. The Kyoto Protocol made provisions for the eligibility of certain projects based on the level of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... index firmed 8.01 points to 4907.06 TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell as lower oil prices hurt Mitsubishi and other trading houses, while banks slid on looming concerns about global credit markets. The Nikkei fell 94.45 points to 14,341.12. HONG KONG ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... at $66.30, Oil Search strengthened 21 cents to $6.35, and Santos ascended 77 cents to $21.85. Beach Petroleum was in a trading halt as it said it would carry out a $190 million capital raising to fund acquisitions in Egypt. Beach last traded at $1.67. ...

JPMorgan joins debt platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... JPMorgan joins top financial institutions ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank, Citi, and Macquarie Bank on the Yieldbroker online debt trading platform. Yieldbroker is a cooperatively owned venture between members that allows institutional investors to view up to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... says the offer is very much undervaluing the company. "A few people were a bit shocked, especially after that two day trading halt. "People were expecting a different outcome."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... near-record crude prices boosted commodity shares but economic and rights issue concerns dragged banks lower. During a thin trading session, the FTSE 100 ended down 1.5 points or 0.02 per cent at 6,068.1, after earlier hitting a high of 6,130.5. The ...

Adviser goes to jail for $1.5m fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... defrauded investors between June 1996 and July 2001 while he was a director and shareholder of Pisano Enterprises Pty Ltd (trading as Pisano Financial Services) and used the funds for personal purposes. At the time, Pisano was also a councillor and deputy ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was trading higher at noon, buoyed by a better oil price overnight and a modest lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.8 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 5698.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

AETS could add 14 cents to petrol prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
Australia's emission trading scheme (AETS) due to come online in just two years could add 14 cents to the cost of a litre of fuel and radically alter the balance sheets of Australian companies. "Until we know the details of the scheme we won't know ...