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US property still has upside

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... are being far more discriminating. High quality assets with stable credit income streams in major metro areas are still trading at high prices. Everything else is problematic," said Herzbrun. Another silver lining is the shakeout of opportunistic property ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... the New York Mercantile Exchange, April crude settled up 41 US cents, or 0.37 per cent, at a record $US110.33 a barrel, trading from $US109.08 to $US111, a new intraday high. In London, April Brent crude settled up $US1.27, or 1.2 per cent, at a record ...

Local biotech shines through overseas listing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... OTCQX - a US listing service - debut on 26 March last year. Fairley said the firm saw an increase of over 55 per cent in trading volume "almost immediately" following its launch on the OTCQC. Approximately 25 per cent of the company's shares are now ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... firm Asciano Group Ltd releases audited interim results. Australian shares finished in the red for the third consecutive trading day yesterday, as investors shunned the big miners and energy stocks, although a small relief rally in the banks helped to ...

ANZ sets the scene for capital raising

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... funding and global banks are retreating to their core markets. "This is placing an even more significant role on the major trading banks to provide finance to facilitate the running of the economy. "And as borrowers increasingly turn to banks to borrow ...

Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
A higher number of ASX-listed company directors have failed to comply with share trading rules today compared to four years ago, raising questions on the prevalence of insider trading and the influence of the country's regulators. The number of top ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... three and five per cent each. Shares in Allco continued to slide, losing more than 20 per cent to 50 cents each. They were trading above $13.00 in February last year. Another big casualty today was the Packer family-backed Challenger Financial Services ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... losses, while weak US housing data fuelled concerns for a US economy flirting with recession. The FTSE 100 ended a volatile trading session down 1.49 per cent, or 87.1 points at 5,766.4. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,591.31 points, down 92.4 or ...

Pengana buys Saltbush

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... between May 2004 and January 2008." The Saltbush Absolute Return Fund is a long short Australian equities fund that began trading in May 2004. The fund uses a bottom up approach to stock selection targeting 20 to 30 long and 10 to 15 short positions. ...

Ascalon treads global commodity path

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... as part of a balanced portfolio, commodities can potentially improve the risk-return profile with the added benefits of trading in highly liquid markets. "This is supported by some major institutional investors announcing an increased allocation to alternative ...