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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... Banking Group Ltd chief executive Mike Smith will address an Australian Institute of Company Directors luncheon, speaking on board diversity and competitive advantage. Woodside Petroleum North West Shelf executive vice president Eve Howell will address ...

CFS, ING and APN freeze access to $6bn in capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... 'property for income' funds, with a total $1.4 billion in assets as at last month, have also suspended redemptions. APN's board expects to have a unitholder meeting in the first quarter of next year to review the funds' liquidity options.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... considering the weak lead that we saw out of the European and US markets," Mr Lewis said. "We're seeing heavy falls across the board and... that's concentrated in the resources and materials sector. "We saw base metals take another hammering overnight ...

ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... continue to assess opportunities that will allow us to accelerate that growth," said Hans van der Noordaa, ING's executive board member responsible for Asia Pacific Insurance. "In addition to our five per cent shareholding in Fubon, we remain committed ...

Future Fund posts 1.81pc first quarter loss

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... which were excluded from its performance data, generated a 3.23 per cent return for the quarter. David Murray, Future Fund Board of Guardians chair, said the fund is well positioned to weather the financial crisis. "The first quarter saw Australian and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... the Trans Tasman business circle on Australia, New Zealand and the international economy. Minutes of the RBA's October 7 board meeting will be released. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release motor vehicle sales data for September. In equities ...

JPMorgan buys DME stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... Mercantile Exchange, Tatweer and the Oman Investment Fund collectively hold a 75 per cent equity stake in DME. The exchange's board approved the 20 per cent equity issuance to strategic investors with the terms remaining confidential. "Continued interest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... contracts. Macquarie Equities Brisbane adviser Helen Spencer said the market still was cautious. "It's lower very much across the board but most of the weakness comes from the resources sector," Ms Spencer said. "It's hard to say what is going to happen ...

No sale for Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... Suncorp announced that it is not averse to rekindling talks with parties interested in the sale of its businesses. "The Board is willing to reengage with those parties who have, in the past, expressed strong strategic interest in these assets and is ...

When five become one: AUI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... "This is not a good time to be doing that because there is very little, if any interest in products like this across the board. Higgins however said that AUI has a strong presence in the market and as such may garner a lot of support from their existing ...