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ING Aus appoints new chief

A new chief executive, a new $50 million program and a new profit record are all in a day's work for ING Australia. Next month, ING Australia's chief executive officer Paul Bedbrook moves to an overseas posting and will be replaced by US-based ING executive ...

Sentiment sinks on floats

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
Failing business confidence, courtesy of the US-led sub-prime credit crisis has diminished corporate appetite for listing on the main board of the ASX. According to Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC) latest survey of sharemarket floats, the number of business ...

Consumer confidence plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Consumer confidence has plunged 17 percentage points, signaling the economy may be about to slow just enough to allow the Reserve Bank to start dropping interest rates. The news is contained in the latest Sensis consumer report which measures confidence ...

Central banks try again to lift liquidity

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
Several of the world's most prominent central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve, overnight announced details of the latest scheme - basically looser lending, by them, to select counterparties - that they hope will help revive liquidity in interbank ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
The Australian stock market at noon had shirked a fall on Wall Street, putting on more than one per cent, with banking stocks leading the charge. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 68.1 points, or 1.3 per cent higher, at 5540.1 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
Australian stocks are expected to fall again when the market opens following more losses on Wall Street and a negative start by the Sydney Futures Exchange, although base metals were substantially higher. Yesterday, investors wiped off $38.5 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today following a weak performance on Wall Street and continued negative commentary, particularly on higher borrowing costs for banks. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0745 AEDT, the March share ...

Allco defends move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
Allco Finance Group (AFG) has stated it complied with its Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) obligation to announce a Review Event following negotiations to refinance its debt. The firm outlined that its facility agreement for its $900 million senior ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today. While Wall Street was down marginally and based metals were buoyant, at 0708 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 46 points to 5,702. ...

Snowball boosts FUA by $300m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
Snowball Group has posted it half year results with a boost in funds under advice by $300 million to $4.9 billion over six-month period to December last year. The company's earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased 27 per cent to $5.1 million ...