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Reporting season hikes A-REITs worth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... have made inroads in improving their positions. "Regardless, we do not expect the same preemptive strategy adopted by the banks in the Centro fiasco playing out again for the groups that do experience difficulty. A more consultative strategy would appear ...

OFG banks on bonds and property

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Over Fifty Group (OFG) may be expecting an average loss of $3.66 million this year, but the fund manager is reviving its focus on its Friendly Society and Property Funds Management businesses to steer the firm to calmer waters. In an Australian Securities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market was over one per cent lower at noon, led by the big banks, after US stocks slipped on lingering concerns about the health of the financial system. Energy stocks and some of the gold miners were bright spots on the market ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... capital between them. This has revived investors' nervousness that things could get much worse as the possibility of more banks and financial institutions collapsing, and US house prices continuing to dive as mortgage financing dries up at the same time ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... Treasury and the Federal Reserve said Sunday that they would aid the companies if needed. Fears for the health of firms like banks were exacerbated after IndyMac was taken over by federal regulators at the weekend. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... rose 0.9 per cent on Friday as resource stocks, led by gold and oil companies, surged on higher commodity prices and the banks pared early losses. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index firmed 42.5 points, or 0.86 per cent, to 4,979.9 but was two per cent lower ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... market activity this week. Governor Stevens is expected to focus on the policy dilemma currently facing most major central banks of the world, that of slowing growth and increasing inflationary pressures. While official inflation figures are undoubtedly ...

Trouble at Threadneedle Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... In the coming months, the BoE will continue to thread a fine line in response to the dilemma facing other major central banks, that of rising inflation and slowing growth. With the deterioration in UK economic activity gathering pace, it is more likely ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... Australian share market ended more than one per cent lower following sharp losses in the US overnight, with resources and the banks leading the decline locally. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 74.5 points, or 1.49 per cent, to 4,937.4, while ...

ING taps Ukraine insurance market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... month the firm began to roll out its retail banking network in Ukraine, with an aim to become one of the top five retail banks in country.