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Profits down for Count

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... of last July, lost $3.9 million. This contributed to the overall mark to market investment portfolio charges for the half year period which is a loss of $5.9 million. These numbers are subject to a final audit. Count said it is still performing strongly ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... of 2008, the RBA cut interest rates by a total of 300 basis points - from 7.25 per cent in September to a six and a half year low of 4.25 per cent currently. And this was at a time when all measures of inflation - headline CPI, trimmed mean, weighted ...

Vanguard CIO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Vanguard Investments Australia's longstanding chief investment officer Eric Smith has resigned, with US Vanguard principal Joseph Brennan poised to take over the reins of the $60 billion asset manager. Robin Bowerman, head of retail at Vanguard Investments ...

Legg Mason expands team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Legg Mason Australian Equities has appointed ex-Citigroup small cap expert Julian Mulcahy as portfolio manager and research analyst for Australian small companies. Mulcahy will focus his efforts on listed Australian companies that fall outside the S&P/ASX ...

Macq reduces headcount

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... November, the group announced that Macquarie Capital's equity under management fell 5 per cent to $53 billion in the half year to 30 September. During the period, the division raised $2.8 billion in new capital and advised on 164 transactions valued ...

Macquarie takes market hit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... inflows and slash fund profits to as much as 80 per cent less than what they were previously. Macquarie Group posted a half year net profit after tax of $604 million - 19 per cent below the net profit achieved for the second half of the 2008 financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... Institute issues its quarterly wages report. In equities, Lion Nathan will release its annual results and Macquarie Group's half year results will be issued. Companies holding annual general meetings include Mortgage Choice Ltd, Tolhurst Group Ltd, Intec ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... Index of Consumer Purchasing. In company news, Westfield reports third quarter results. Optus reports second quarter and half year results. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia hosts a half-day forum on "Lessons from the Gas Crisis" in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... prices. The Australian dollar - which was close to parity with the US dollar about three months ago and hit a five and a half year low in weekend offshore trading - remained weaker at 62.33 US cents, from 63.91 on Friday. At 1205 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Matrix Planning Solutions restructures

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
Independently owned dealer group Matrix Planning Solutions Limited has shuffled its managerial line up following the shelving of its plans to be publicly listed. MPS had flagged its intention to be publicly listed 12 months ago but the majority of its ...