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Rough ride may be over

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
The S&P ASX/200 closed at its highest in almost six weeks yesterday, equating to a near full recovery from the sub-prime credit crunch. Reporting season showed growth across the board of the top 200 stocks at around 18 to 19 percent exceeding the market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open to modest declines with no lead from the US and weaker base metal prices weighing on the local scene. At 0810 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange the September Share Price Index was down nine points to ...

MFS bumper year after restructure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
It has been a busy year for property investor and developer MFS Group which announced a net profit of $13.4 million for the year to 30 June 2007, beating its May 2007 earnings per security (EPS) forecast by 124 per cent. Excluding Fair Value Adjustments ...

Retirement gets more expensive: ASFA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
The cost of maintaining a 'modest' standard of living in retirement has increased by 8.8 per cent in the last three years, and a comfortable retirement by 8.1 per cent, according to the latest Westpac ASFA Retirement Standard survey. The increases mean ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
The Australian sharemarket was a sea of red at noon despite some stellar earnings results, as buyers sat back waiting for better buying opportunities. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index slumped 104.4 points, or 1.69 per cent, to 6071.9, while ...

More acquisitions on the cards: EQT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Diversifying into funds management, private clients and corporate super and expanding northward into Queensland has helped push Equity Trustees to deliver a strong profit result for 2007 ahead of more expected acquisitions and growth next year. Equity ...

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 ...

AMP loses share to banks in risk insurance

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... contemporary wealth protection business, its risk insurance division, made a profit of $59 million for the six months to June - unchanged from the previous corresponding period and down a little from the December half. The group's market share fell from ...

GoldLink loses luster

Fund manager GoldLink is the latest victim of the volatile sharemarket and has announced on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that it will wind down its investment portfolios and return money to investors. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's Fund ...

ASIC to tighten debenture regulations

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a consultation paper proposing tighter regulation of the unlisted, unrated debenture market following the collapse of companies like Westpoint and ACR. The paper, unlisted, unrated ...