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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Stocks on the Australian sharemarket are expected to open with sharp losses, as declines on Wall Street combine with weaker base metal prices to drag down the local market. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0710, the September Share Price Index was ...

Certainty hires former PlanTech exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
Corporate advisory firm, Certainty Financial, has appointed Mark Young to director of operations effective next month. Young has 12 years of experience in Australian and international financial services and fund management markets. "The appointment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in the black today, after both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 rose more than two per cent overnight, buoyed by the energy sector which benefited from a surge in oil prices. At 0734 AEST, the September Share ...

Service not fees drive consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
Financial services operators talk obsessively about fees but what really upsets consumers is poor service. A landmark study, by the communications technology and consulting group Fujitsu, has revealed 80 per cent of banking customers take the way they ...

Debt climbs, home values fall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
Scores of US government officials along with housing executives vowed it could never happen, nonetheless, the national median price of American homes is expected to fall for the first time since statistics began in 1950. Economists forecast the decline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open firmer today, following New York higher, as upbeat housing data and durable goods orders helped ease anxiety about the economy, boosting investor confidence after weeks of market turmoil. At 0730 AEST ...

AMP loses share to banks in risk insurance

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
AMP chief executive Andrew Mohl acknowledged yesterday that life companies faced a challenge from the banks in one of their traditional strongholds, the risk insurance market. Mohl also announced he would leave AMP at the end of 2007 after five years ...

Margin calls on tech watch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Margin loan investors have new resources to combat volatile markets with Macquarie Investment Lending revamping their online capabilities. Peter van der Westhuyzen, head of sales and marketing at Macquarie Investment Group said last week, with volatile ...

Debenture devil in the detail

... financial health of the debenture companies. "The LVR is a critical one for investor. A market value is different to a forced sale value so there should be further clarification on how that number is going to be constructed," he said. As for credit ratings ...

SEQUAL toughens 'no negative equity' rules

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... guarantee. The studies also showed lenders included policies to avoid the guarantee if the consumer was in default at the time of sale and that a majority of brokers and salespeople still recommending borrowing a larger sum than needed. CHOICE welcomed ...