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Perpetual CIO to head global CFA institute

... Investments, will become the first Australian to be elected chairman of the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute board, effective 1 September. The CFA Institute is a global, non-profit professional association that runs the Chartered ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... General Property Trust and the annual general meeting for Colorado Group Ltd also will be held. In Qantas news, further board meetings are expected in coming days to discuss a three-year plan and strategies for growth. Yesterday, the Australian stock ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
Australian stocks have climbed to new intraday highs, with gains felt across the board, and the resources sector a strong support. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 43.7 points higher at 6289.3, with a new intraday high of 6291.6, while ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... Blue chips climbed 1.44 per cent as a record high on Wall Street boosted investor confidence, prompting buying across the board. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 293.09 points to end at 20,681.58, its highest close since April 17. WELLINGTON - ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
... ($A12.84 billion) offer from the Dolan family to take Cablevision Systems Corp private. The New York-area cable operator's board agreed to sell to the Dolans the Cablevision shares they do not already own for $US36.26 a share. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... points, or 0.34 per cent at 6195. The Reserve Bank of Australia will release its decision this morning, following yesterday's board meeting, on the immediate level of official interest rates. In economic news, the Federal Department of Employment and ...

Public equity under pressure

... companies that are all of a sudden getting approaches to buy them out at huge incremental value. The question is, why didn't the board and the company think about that themselves?" That could partly be blamed on regulatory constraints such as new disclosure ...

Market wrap - midday

... dramatic direction one way or the other. It is really just a lead from the US and we're just a bit softer generally across the board. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 58.03 points to 13,062.91, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 11.72 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... Performance of Manufacturing Index for April will be released. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will hold its monthly board meeting today with interest rates on the agenda. The Reserve also will release its commodity price index for April. The Victorian ...

Equity Trustees' sunny forecast

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
Equity Trustees has updated its 2006-07 full financial year forecast, with the board expecting a before-tax operating profit of nearly $12 million - almost a 66 per cent increase over last year. The prior forecast in December 2006 indicated operating ...