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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... 0.32 per cent, at 2,370.98. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index rose one per cent, as bid talk boosted British Energy, but banks capped gains and surprisingly weak US jobs data signalled more cracks in a struggling US economy. The FTSE 100 closed up 55.8 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... sector and keeping the local bourse in the black. "The market is doing very little. It looks like money is going out of the banks and into the resources sector and there is very little influence from most of the other stocks in the market," Mr Halliday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... per cent, to 2,363.30. LONDON - Britain's leading share index fell 0.4 per cent, snapping a three-day winning streak as banks gave up recent gains, but energy and mining stocks capped losses thanks to higher oil and metal prices. The FTSE 100 ended down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... fall on Wall Street overnight. "The general mood seems optimistic following those moves from some of the larger investment banks on Wall St to tidy up their balance sheets," Mr Betts said. "The major miners are one of the features today, both up strongly," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... media discussion forum. Australian stocks gained over two per cent yesterday after a strong rally on Wall Street, with the banks driving the local bourse higher. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 increased 141.7 points, or 2.64 per cent, to 5502.9, while the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... Macquarie Group gained $4.53, or 8.73 per cent, to $56.42 and Babcock & Brown rose $1.06, or 7.4 per cent, to $15.39. The banks also advanced, with National Australia Bank gaining $1.53, or 5.25 per cent, to $30.66, Commonwealth Bank rising $1.71, or ...

New voice for SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... provision of education and technical resources. Board members of the SMSMA include chief executive, Peter Bishell and Bill Banks, chairman of the association. Speaking at the launch, the Federal minister for superannuation and corporate law Nick Sherry ...

More than two years' investment bank profits lost

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
Investment banks may have blown up one and a half years worth of profit from the sub-prime crisis and subsequent contagion. And the sector may lose more than two years' profit, a study by Morgan Stanley and financial services consultancy Oliver Wyman ...

More regulation coming: Clancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Financial institutions and investment banks should brace for greater regulation as governments attempt to eliminate the threat of excessive leveraging in the future, according to Michael Clancy, MLC Investment Management general manager. "Whilst the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... George gained 14 cents to $25.85 after announcing that director John Curtis becomes the bank's chairman today. "Some of the banks have results and guidance coming up, so people will be looking closely at that," Mr Smith said. The supermarkets also fell ...