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HFA clears up MFS links

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... business relationship with the company, after MFS' share price continued its nosedive. In a statement, the HFA Holdings (HFA) board said HFA's share price fell as a result of speculation surrounding a potential sale to the MFS Group (MFS) of an approximately ...

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... follow the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England and start lowering interest rates. Ironically, iterations from executive board member Juergen Stark suggest the ECB stands poised to raise interest rates to counter inflation which has accelerated to ...

ESSSuper to offer fin planning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... super fund, rather than having to rely on commercial, for-profit superannuation funds in their retirement," Frank King, board president at ESSSuper, said. "By making more products and financial advice accessible to more members we are also focussing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... be heavily hit by the weakness in the US and could continue to fall for some months. "There is real weakness across the board in the US and we will continue to be dragged down along with it despite the strength in the fundamentals of the Australian economy," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... day after suffering their biggest daily decline since September, 2001, as investors bought beaten down shares across the board, helped by recovering Asian markets. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 2.72 per cent, or 664.13 points, at 25,114.98. ...

MFS director waves goodbye

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... requested for the trading halt to remain until the company makes a further announcement, or when the market opens tomorrow. The Board of MFS has agreed with City Pacific's announcement that a consolidation of the two respective financial businesses could ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... to their lowest close since September, their fourth straight session of losses, as investors offloaded stocks across the board before earnings reports by US banks this week. The Hang Seng Index closed down 2.4 per cent, or 630.35 points, at 25,837.78. ...

City Pacific to buy MFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... purchase of Stella Tourism Group, which, earlier this month, purchased UK travel company, Global Travel Group PLC. "The board of MFS has advised that it will evaluate the proposal as it agrees with City Pacific that a merger of the two financial services ...

A fresh take on deductible contributions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... deduction rules for self-employed people or other non-employees, the time has come to introduce complete consistency across the board for all contributions to super," Shirlow said. Shirlow believes that extending deductibility to employee contributions ...

NGS to welcome new chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... Colin McGuinness, who transformed the fund, resigned last month. Interim chief executive John McCrory said he expects the board to convene next week and discuss the new chief executive next week, a month after McGuinness resigned to pursue personal interests. ...