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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... changing hands on the Tokyo exchange's first section. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares fell 0.26 per cent on Thursday on fears the city's government would increase property transaction tax to clamp down on speculation. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gave ...

AustralianSuper awards QIC $500m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... Coast, and Watergarders in Melbourne's western suburbs, among others. In addition, QPF has tactical exposure to major capital city CBD office markets. "The opportunity to invest in a portfolio of retail assets of this quality is extremely rare, and we ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... Exchange at 1210 AEST, the June share price index contract was 10 points higher at 4,985 points, on volume of 9,701 contracts. City Index market strategist Michael McCarthy said the last time the S&P/ASX200 was at this level was in October 2008. "It's ...

Khazanah buys Oriental University stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... Khazanah Nasional is taking a different tact - forking out more than $45 million for a 10 per cent stake in Oriental University City Limited as part of its China education strategy. Khazanah has entered a conditional sale and purchase agreement to buy ...

Local councils set to recover more from Lehman

PIPER ALDERMAN RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... councils and other creditors from taking any more legal action against Lehman Brother Australia and associated companies. The City of Swan and Parkes Shire Council, as council creditors of Lehman Australia, lodged a case against Lehman Australia to have ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... would stop buying mortgage-backed securities and agency debt by the end of this month as scheduled. And as in January, Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig dissented over the use of the phrase "extended period" because it could lead to an asset price ...

Wall Street's $22bn bitter pill

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
New York City's securities employee bonuses rose 17 per cent to just over $22 billion last year bringing the payments back to pre-2005 levels, according to estimates from the US state's comptroller. Thomas DiNapoli, state comptroller at the office of ...

Hasting sells off HUT stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... energy. Working with clients through operations in Asia and Australasia the UK and Europe and in every major North American city, RBC Capital Markets provides capital markets products and services from 75 offices in 15 countries. RBC Capital Markets ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... two million jobs. But of course this didn't come without any cost. Remember, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoenig warned in a speech that the country's fiscal deficit is on an "unsustainable course" ...

HOSTPLUS pushes into GC retail market

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... efforts for leading Australian brands to directly invest in our community," said Dale Dickson, chief executive of Gold Coast City Council.