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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $21.84. Fairfax Media was flat at 54 cents after Gina Rinehart's bid for seats on the company's board was rejected. David Jones shares shot up 15 per cent to $2.60 after the department store chain received a takeover offer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... Australian listed shares. News Corp was up 65 cents or 3.02 per cent, at $22.15, after reports from the US that the company's board had approved the split of its entertainment and publishing divisions. The company's non-voting scrip had risen 59 cents ...

Fitzpatricks Private Wealth builds advice profile

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has signed John McMurdo in the role of group managing director and added Chris Cuffe to its board of directors. McMurdo, who was formerly chief executive officer of Centric Wealth and managing director of Hillross Financial ...

Indonesia woos infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Indonesia grew more than 370% last year to US$41.9 million, according to estimates from the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM).

Gonski to join APS board

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... businessman and new head of the Future Fund, David Gonski, will soon add Australian Philanthropic Services to his stable of board appointments. Chris Cuffe, founder and chairman of APS announced the appointment following a statement welcoming the creation ...

Canadian pension funds eye Aust infra

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... $2.3bn sale of the long-term lease of the Sydney Desalination Plant to a consortium including Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and Hastings Funds Management. "Canadian investors are looking for stable returns in the current low yield environment ...

FSC elects deputy chairman

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... banking & financial services group, Peter Maher as chairman. In welcoming Meller, Maher said "In his over five years on the Board, Craig has brought his extensive financial services industry experience to bear in the formation of industry policy and ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... expectations for only a 0.4% gain. All good. Except that, buried deep inside the "feel good" headlines was the US Conference Board's report showing that consumer confidence dropped to a lower than expected 62.0 in June - the lowest since January - from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... after the company's largest shareholder Gina Rinehart raised the prospect of selling out should she not secure seats on the board "without unsuitable conditions". At 1030 AEST on Tuesday, Fairfax was down 2.75 cents, or 4.82 per cent, at 54.25 cents ...

SMSF auditor competency education push

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... best drivers of audit quality and it will help ensure that the quality of SMSF audits will be consistently high across the board," Westover said. "The government confirmed a competency test will be introduced for new and less experienced SMSF auditors. ...