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Basis to repay $23m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
Investors that applied for units in Basis Capital funds in June last year are closer to receiving more than $23 million back after the Supreme Court of New South Wales judged in their favour. The judgement includes investors in the Basis Yield and Basis ...

Australians lead FM pack

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
Australians have emerged the victors of the wealth management race despite a global economic slowdown, new research shows. According to the AFG Global Funds Management Index, Australians amassed an average $70,385 per person in managed funds - emerging ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
Barring more surprise writedown announcements, the Australian equity market could get a breather today supported by a strong lead from Wall Street overnight. The US equity market reversed all of the previous day's losses last night on the back of a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to pull back yesterday's steep losses after Wall St was buoyed by a drop in the oil price and positive consumer confidence data. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract ...

BT Financial jobs on the chopping block

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
BT Financial has placed 100 roles in its support and management divisions under review, blaming the staff cuts to the volatile markets. The move comes after the group funds under management fell 9 per cent during the 12 months to March 2008, according ...

Who's next to confess?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
The Australian equity market slumped yesterday, dragged down by a sell-off in the Financials sector after ANZ announced increased provisioning for bad debts would hit its earnings. In making the announcement, ANZ Chief Executive Mike Smith said that ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Domestic financial market activity will remain cautious this week with sentiment precariously balanced between the weekend's positive US economic news and further NAB-like announcements on the fallout of the US subprime mess on its balance sheet. Top-tier ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after Wall St rose Friday on better-than-expected manufacturing and housing data. At 0650 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract rose 24 points to ...

More Weak Indicators

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
What else is new? Negative indicators on the US economy just keep on coming and business confidence in Europe is falling. The US Department of Labor reported that initial claims for unemployment benefits spiked to 406k in the week ending July 19 -- ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The Australian equities made it through a volatile morning to be slightly up at noon, but metals, mining, energy, materials and IT capped any major gains. In the US overnight major indices rose moderately although the NASDAQ climbed nearly one per cent ...