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AMP shares bounce back as investor focus moves to domestic earnings

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2003
Shares in AMP Ltd bounced back today as investors focused on the strength of the group's Australian earnings instead of concerns about the prospects of another capital raising. The stock, which was pummelled earlier in the week and hit near record lows ...

Tower completes rights issue

Tower Limited (Tower) has successfully placed $NZ211 million ($A188 million) of new shares, the Trans-Tasman insurer announced today. The rights issue followed the decision of Tower to write-down the carrying value of certain group companies and other ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2003
Australian shares were trading lower Friday morning, following sharp falls overnight in US markets. The weakness in the US was sparked by a lacklustre earnings report from internet company Yahoo, and signs of a continuing deterioration in the US labour ...

Morning market wrap: US shares sharply lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2003
US stocks slumped Thursday, sparked by an earnings report from internet company Yahoo Inc. and news of a surge in jobless benefit claims in early July. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 120.2 points (1.3%) to 9,036.0, while the broader S&P 500 lost ...

New super initiative sparks familiar political catfight

The Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, Senator Nick Sherry, has today criticised the Government's "Revitalising Superannuation" initiative unveiled yesterday as offering "nothing new" for the Australian superannuation members. The Government ...

Morning market wrap: US shares continue to fall

The Dow Jones index suffered a second consecutive day of modest losses as softer consumer sentiment for the month of April followed on from renewed fears of the global terrorist threat-sparked by the suicide attack in Saudi Arabia. Domestically, AMP ...

Assirt throws weight behind hedge funds

Assirt has announced an alliance with the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) to promote investor awareness of the risk and rewards connected with hedge funds. Assirt said that it has developed a specific research process for hedge ...

Listed property sector rebounds in March-survey

The Listed property sector rebounded strongly in March following a poor month in February to return 4.39 per cent, beating the All Ordinaries and S&P 300 indices (3.92%), according to Rainmaker Information. Listed property returned -2.72% in February. ...

ANZ financial literacy survey sparks political catfight

The release of the ANZ survey of adult financial literacy in Australia has re-ignited the political debate over 'choice' of super with both main parties claiming that the survey-which reveals a good deal of ignorance on superannuation-vindicates their ...

Select attacks APRA on hedge fund warning

Select Asset Management chief investment officer Dominic McCormick has hit back at the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority's (APRA) recent warning on the use of hedge funds, claiming that fund of hedge funds offers more, rather than less ...