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DSTi scoops major software deal

... Al-Malki, EVP Treasury and Investment at Riyad Bank. He added that they chose DSTi because it is has a track record in the Middle East on providing software services. "DSTi's solution will allow Riyad Bank complete control of their automated mutual fund ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... industry. Generally rising costs triggered by the oil price increases this year as well as the instability in the Middle East have contributed to increased scepticism on earnings growth in the Australian stockmarket. Whilst the earnings season is shaping ...

Economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... of measures aimed at easing the impact of the fuel crisis bought about by rising crude oil prices, tensions in the Middle East and the increasing demands by the industrial expansion in China and India. First, there will be a $677 million eight year rebate ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... closed slightly higher in a whipsaw session on Monday as a drop in crude oil prices and a UN-brokered cease-fire in the Middle East eased investors' concerns about riskier assets Technology stocks, which suffered sharp declines in the past few weeks ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
... report. On Friday, the local bourse closed lower as commodity prices weighed on the big resources and tensions in the Middle East continued. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 35.9 points to 4960.6 while the all ordinaries index dropped 33.1 points ...

Schroders announces new role and new product offering

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2006
... recently as product specialist for the Deutsche Asset Management quantitative strategies group in the Asia Pacific and Middle East. Schroders CEO, Vipin Narula, said the new role was created along with the group's move to diversify its assets under management ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... down by a softer performance from the resources sector and a cautionary attitude towards continuing tensions in the Middle East. The S&P/ASX200 index dropped back 32.9 points to 4923.3 points while the all ordinaries lost 30.8 points to 4901.4 points. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
... the local bourse closed lower, but managed to claw back sharp early losses as investors spooked by tensions in the Middle East began dipping their toes back into the market. The S&P/ASX200 index fell 9.9 points to 4956.2 while the all ordinaries index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2006
... The stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell on Friday in response to mounting violence in the Middle East. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 24 points to 4903. Today, the Reserve Bank ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
... 1,242.29. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index was down 1.6 percent, its biggest loss in a month as growing tension in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher and miners slumped on commodity price declines. The FTSE 100 fell 95.6 points to 5,765.0, its ...