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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks fell as fresh data showed a fall in American consumer confidence. At 0712 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 12 points lower at 4745. ...

CEOs pay steady despite GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
The average cash pay of a S&P/ASX 100 company's chief executive held steady in 2008 - a sign CEO salaries, including those of financial services firms, came out relatively unscathed from the GFC. As the global financial crisis began in 2008 the average ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after takeover optimism drove US stocks higher overnight. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 56 points higher at 4744. In economic news on Tuesday ...

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Self-managed super fund trustees are now placing blue chip shares on the top of their buying list after brushing off last year's market carnage, research shows. With markets on an upward trajectory and investor sentiment turning towards the positive ...

Trinity files $1m lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Listed company Trinity has filed a lawsuit against former Labor Party staffer Ross Daley and his company, Veritate, in a bid to recover $1 million paid to Daley "by mistake". On 31 August, the property group received a final report on the forensic investigation ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
When is a triple A rating not AAA? When the credit rating agencies say it is - in our case, Moody's. But first, a very big yawn with a matching upward stretch of both arms! I am talking about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, of course. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open higher after gains in US and European equity markets and commodity prices. At 0758 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 19 points at 4706. In news on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open lower after most US and European share indices, as well as the price of oil, declined overnight. At 0750 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was down 15 points at ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
The US' Securities and Exchange Commission and UK's Financial Services Authority have announced plans to explore common reporting and regulations of hedge funds - developments that could set the template for Australian hedge fund regulation. The two ...

Paragem to drive process improvement

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Paragem Dealer Services has appointed a former Coin manager Esther Moseley to the newly created role of head of process improvement for advice practices. Moseley will be in charge of reviewing the workflow and software configuration of over 190 clients ...