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ML downsizes private equity team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Merrill Lynch is scaling back its Sydney-based private equity division, according to industry sources. It is understood Merrill Lynch has axed many of the firm's Australian based private equity employees. A company spokesperson neither confirmed nor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... showed a deeper-than-anticipated contraction in the US economy, prompting a slump in share prices there. At 0724 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 40 points lower at 3,276. Economic news on Monday includes the Australian ...

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... prices, said Dr. Robert Shiller, the author of the best-selling book 'Irrational Exuberance' at a financial planning forum in Sydney this morning. Dr. Shiller, ranked one of the top 100 most influential economists in the world, and among those who predicted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... 0.05 per cent, at 3,346.2 while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 1.4 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 3,298.8. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 22 points to 3,333 on a volume of 11,413 contracts. ...

APRA outlines priorities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... prudent capital management and executive remuneration this year. Speaking at the Australian British Chamber of Commerce in Sydney, APRA chair John Laker, said APRA intends to complete a review of Australia's prudential framework for liquidity risk management. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... indices doing little, precious metals down, but copper and oil both higher at the end of floor trade. At 0819 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 21 points lower at 3,290. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank ...

Market Wrap - Morning

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... the red. Precious metals were down, but copper and oil were higher, crude jumping over six per cent. At 0814 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was ten points lower at 3,317. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... per cent, at 3,357.5 while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 26.6 points, or 0.81 per cent, to 3,308.1. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 17 points to 3,344 on a volume of 13,177 contracts. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... 0.85 per cent, at 3,360 while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 26.3 points, or 0.80 per cent, to 3,311.3. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 24 points to 3,340 on a volume of 12,965 contracts. Aequs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... strong lead from Wall Street, although precious metals were down. Copper and oil both were up, however. At 0808 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 70 points HIGHER at 3,385. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian ...