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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
Australian stocks were weaker at noon after US shares went into freefall overnight following New York investment bank Lehman Brothers' backruptcy, the firesale of Merrill Lynch and continuing rumours about the stability of American Insurance Group. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... went into a freefall on Monday over financial market uncertainty revolving around the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and the fire sale of Merrill Lynch. At 0722 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September Share Price Index contract was 135 points lower ...

Credit Suisse nabs AMF stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... place, retain an equity position and continue to oversee the day-to-day business. National Bank and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire of Japan have elected to continue to participate with Credit Suisse in AMF's future growth and be represented on its board. ...

Super fund asset allocation on hold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... recently did a report and from our point of view, firing a fund manager for poor performance is not a good idea. We'd rather fire them because they've lost good people." That's why one of the areas Stuart said has seen a higher turnover is where teams ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The week of central watching finished with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England opting to hold monetary policy steady this month. Fixed income markets rallied overnight following unchanged ...

UBS faces multi-billion lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... falsely selling and marketing auction rate securities as safe, highly liquid and cash-equivalent securities. UBS came under fire when the attorney general claimed UBS's representations were deceptive when the auction rate securities market came under ...

IFM boosts stake in Ecogen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
Industry Funds Management (IFM) bought the remaining 72.6 per cent equity stake in gas electricity firm, Ecogen Holdings from Babcock & Brown Power for $80.9 million. IFM has been an investor in the firm since 2003 and now completely owns the business ...

US pension fund to settle suit for $930m

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The largest public pension fund in the US fires a warning shot against companies with lousy corporate governance when it demanded a company it invests in to re-write its CG policy and pay a $930 million cheque for wrongful share trading. The $244 billion ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The Australian share market opened higher today, led by energy stocks Woodside and Santos, after yesterday's more than one per cent decline. US stock markets and commodity trading in London were closed overnight, providing little direction. At 1211 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today following falls on Wall Street and increased price of oil which set a new record at $112 per barrel. In London overnight, however, base metal prices surged. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...