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Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
This Week's Market Movers (1 - 5 Sep 2008) Four of the world's major central banks will hold monetary policy meetings this week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), The Bank of Canada (BoC), the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from Wall Street on Friday, although in a special trading session on in New York yesterday, oil rose again in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav making landfall in the continental US. At 0751 AEST ...

Future Fund is $652m richer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Despite the credit crisis, the Future Fund comes out on top making $652 million in the year to June - but the returns may be due to prudence rather than skill. The Future Fund, excluding returns from its Telstra stake, gained 1.54 per cent or $652 million ...

Rate cut? maybe not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
There we have it, capital investment by Australian companies - past and planned -- remains solid. This underscores the domestic economy's resilience to the turmoil in the credit markets and the weakening global economy. However, instead of completely ...

IOOF profits down

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
IOOF has reported $26 million in net profit after tax, a drop of more than 10 per cent lower from its previous corresponding period. In a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange today, IOOF reported a $25.9 million underlying net profit ...

AMP's profits down 2pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
AMP Limited has posted a two per cent fall in its underlying profit to $437 million after weathering challenging investment market conditions, but its financial services division survived the storm to report a three per cent increase in operating earnings. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
The Australian share market was stronger at noon as resources and financial companies led the charge after a strong US lead overnight. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 56.6 points, or 1.13 per cent higher at 5067.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

AWM posts $65m profit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
Australian Wealth Management (AWM) posted a full year net profit of $65 million to the end of June, its seventh consecutive increase in profit despite tough market conditions. AWM's net profit after tax increased by 13 per cent over a one year period ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger after US stocks gained for a second straight session overnight. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was up 53 points at 5,038. Today ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
The Australian dollar is fast becoming the victim of the worsening global growth outlook. The A$ fell by 1.6 per cent against the US dollar to around US$0.8550 and by 1.7 per cent vis-a-vis the yen to about Y93.50. Reports that the International Monetary ...