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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... points, or 0.46 per cent, at 2,321.80. Markets will be closed on Monday for US Presidents Day holiday. LONDON - Britain's top share index fell as a fresh batch of weak economic data and more bad news in the financial sector hit banks. The FTSE 100 closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... took cues from Wall Street gains, helped by Warren Buffet's offer to reinsure $800 billion in municipal debt risk from the top three bond insurers. The Hang Seng Index closed up 1.08 per cent, or 247.88 points, at 23,169.55. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... industrials and S&P 500 rose on Tuesday after Warren Buffett offered to reinsure $800 billion in municipal debt risk from the top three bond insurers, soothing worries about further fallout from the credit crisis. Strong earnings from agricultural company ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... or 1.18 per cent at 5,669.4. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied on Tuesday after billionaire Warren Buffett's offer to the three top bond insurers to take on $800 billion in municipal bond risk triggered an unwinding of bets that the market was set to fall. ...

Super gender gap narrows

... than the ideal payout of around $500,000 to live comfortably on retirement. Admittedly, female workers have to work harder to top up their balance compared to their male counterparts. "There are a number of reasons why women don't have account balances ...

Pillar wins outsourcing deal

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... technology platforms. The venture will also see Aon milk Pillar's specialised experience to continue providing clients with top-notch superannuation administration services, in an "increasingly complex and competitive industry". "This move also underpins ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to have a mixed opening today, following a flat lead from Wall Street and higher base metals prices in London on Friday. At 0745 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract ...

IPOs hit by market uncertainty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... Deloitte's survey also found that the 10 best performing IPOs for the year were all in the resource sector, and nine of the top 10 were based in Perth. However, NSW generated the greatest value of IPO activity for the third consecutive year while Victorian ...

Australian private equity still going strong

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... stages, accounting for nearly 31 per cent of the market. Australia's Consolidated Media Holdings was listed as one of the top investments of the year.

QIC tops up Pengana mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
QIC has boosted its mandate to Pengana Capital's Global Volatility Fund by $111.5 million, three months after it gave the fund an initial $167 million fund injection. QIC now has $278.5 million invested in the Global Volatility strategy after the firm's ...