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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
... costs stoked concerns interest rates will rise. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed steady, with little corporate news to push the index in either direction. The NZX-50 index was off 0.22 points at 3,535.76.

Another HIH exec faces the music

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... collapse of HIH Insurance sent many builders and businesses into financial ruin and was one of the most high profile corporate collapses and prosecutions in Australia's history. Lo's case was transferred to the Supreme Court for mention on 6 October. ...

Grange appoints director to grow FUM

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... strategy to increase funds under management, leveraging Grange's skill base across fixed interest and equities markets and corporate finance. "We intend to use Bjorn's experience across a broad spectrum of financial products and his international network ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... salaries now make up 45 per cent or the smallest share of GDP since data collection began in 1947. At the same time corporate profits have risen to their highest levels since the 1960s. The purchasing power of the minimum wage is now at its lowest level ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... and changed course away from US oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, relieving concerns about inflation and the outlook for corporate profits. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 67.96 points to 11,352.01 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 6.69 ...

DeAM chases alpha in fixed income

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... with regular distributions that aims to withstand fluctuations in credit spreads." The fund will invest in Australian corporate securities, Australian high yield securities and cash and is benchmarked against the UBS Australian Bank Bill Index, targeting ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... sharp decline in oil prices after a tropical storm lost strength, relieving concerns about inflation and the outlook for corporate profits. The blue-chip Dow average closed at its highest level since May 17 as investors bought the shares of industrial ...

Challenger board adds two

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... Leibler, Leon Zwier. Challenger chairman, Peter Polson, said the extra appointments were necessary to help manage the corporate governance workload of board members. "The layers of governance and regulation we face on a daily basis create a web of complication ...

Praemium to access UK's wealthiest through Lloyd's

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... he said. Preamium chairman, Don Stammer, also welcomed the new joint venture as a sign of the success of the group's corporate strategy since listing in May 2006. "It does underline the success of our strategy, to pour a lot of our resources into the ...

Pimco plans absolute return fixed interest fund

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... Aggregate, Pimco's existing Extended Markets Fund also looks at higher yielding credit in emerging markets and higher yield corporate bonds, and can purchase B3/B and maintains an average credit quality of BB. Dorrian said the PARS will take a similar ...