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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008

... The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell again as investors worried that the US congress was beginning to doubt the need for a government bailout of financial institutions as a way to revive credit markets. At ...

Greater fool with no shorts

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008

... view. For now investors will have to remain in hope for the final details of the US administration's proposal. The US Congress may be worried about the long -term repercussions of the huge amount of taxpayers' money that is required to salvage the financial ...

Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008

Market Movers Overnight (16 July) Fed Gloom US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before the US Congress last night catapulted the Australian dollar to a 25-year high in overnight trading. The Australian dollar broke above the US$0.9800 ...

India to ban food futures

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008

... seriously the now much reported global food shortage is being viewed. Last Friday US president George W Bush called on Congress to give an extra $800 million to the UN World Food Program to help them buy much needed food stocks to help feed the estimated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008

... speaks on "Recent Financial Developments" at the Smart Capital 2008: the Euromoney Australian Financial Markets Innovation Congress. The RBA releases its half-yearly Financial Stability Review. In equities today, companies releasing their first half ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008

... for the US economy, the real economy is holding up remarkably well, perhaps too well. Ben Bernanke yesterday told US Congress that economic conditions are getting worse as the sub-prime contagion spreads from the financial sector into other parts of ...

Zurich sets up Climate Change council

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC | THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007

... interests of full disclosure, amid continuing uncertainty over the credit crunch's effect on the economy. After telling Congress last week that the US economy would get worse before it got better, thanks to a downward spiralling housing market, Federal ...

Clinton plans pension system overhaul

CHRIS NICHOLLS | FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007

... Accounts can also be opened through a publicly managed clearinghouse similar to the Thrift Savings Plan used by members of Congress. Employees will only be able to withdraw penalty-free for major investments such as buying a home, paying for higher education ...

CommBank stays with EDS

WWW.THESHEET.COM | THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007

... one of the more outspoken corporate critics of the IT sector. In 2002 then chief executive David Murray told the World Congress on IT that technology had failed to deliver promised productivity improvements. Murray said at the time, "We have several ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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