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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after Wall St fell over one per cent on Friday. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract lost 74 points, or 1.49 per cent, to 4,880. Today, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today after US equities gained overnight on reports Dow Chemical will takeover a rival firm and a better-than-expected sales report from retail titan Wal-Mart. Gains in the gold and oil price overnight ...

ING taps Ukraine insurance market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... banking service. Last month the firm began to roll out its retail banking network in Ukraine, with an aim to become one of the top five retail banks in country.

Boost savings and cut interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
Boosting savings levels is not just about lifting individual retirement incomes but about making Australia more self reliant and less subject to volatile global economic forces, reveals new research just released by IFSA. The Investment and Financial ...

The house that Sherry built

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... are so many options." He is referring to investment options now exceeding 10 and in some cases, going up to 100 or 200. On top of that, members then have to make decisions on splitting contributions, level of death and disability cover, level of contributions ...

Investors influence credit ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Credit rating agencies are bowing to the pressure of investors, issuers, and underwriters to change their ratings, a new survey shows. A recent member opinion poll conducted by the CFA Institute found that 11 per cent of those surveyed witnessed a CRA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... 2,294.42 and the Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 21.39 points, or 1.71 per cent, to close at 1,273.7. LONDON - Britain's top share index closed 1.3 per cent lower, driven down by sharp falls in heavyweight commodity stocks that tracked crude and ...

Unlisted assets poised for higher illiquidity premiums

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Property experts predict the LPT sell-off will trigger a price correction in the direct property market but at least when the dust settles, super funds should enjoy illiquidity premiums not seen in years. Latest Rainmaker Data shows the performance ...

Market Movers Overnight (8 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Economic data releases overnight give further confirmation that the slowdown in the United States is spreading to other major world economies. German industrial production fell by 2.4 per cent in May from the previous month - the largest drop in nine ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after US equities declined overnight as financial companies fell on concerns they may have to raise more capital. At 0723 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index ...