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US dollar slips after Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... that yearly inflation in the 15 nations that use the euro cooled in April, as economic confidence sank to a two and a half year low. European Union officials have said that high energy and food prices have pushed Europe into "inflationary shock". Unlike ...

BTIM numbers hurt by market crunch

... to March but headline numbers are down or at the lower end of prospectus forecasts. The group has reported its first half year results since it was spun off its parent company Westpac last year. In the six months to March, funds under management fell ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... banking sector had helped to boost the local bourse at noon, with ANZ announcing a seven per cent decline in profit in the half year ended March 31. "Whilst it wasn't a fantastic result, it was certainly, I think maybe well short of... the worst case ...

More than two years' investment bank profits lost

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
Investment banks may have blown up one and a half years worth of profit from the sub-prime crisis and subsequent contagion. And the sector may lose more than two years' profit, a study by Morgan Stanley and financial services consultancy Oliver Wyman ...

Water the next competitive frontier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Treasury boss Ken Henry's speech last week continues to attract interest, especially where he argues for a huge step up in national competition policy, particularly in how we price water. "In addressing the Productivity Commission roundtable on the ...

Tranzact grabs 60pc stake in Total Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
ASX-listed Tranzact Financial Services has acquired a 60 per cent stake in independent self-managed super fund (SMSF) administration provider, Total Super Pty Limited. Tranzact confirmed yesterday that it had acquired a combined 60 per cent interest ...

Retail profits, currency price cuts and ag-flation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... would only put more fuel on the fire in an environment where retailer Harvey Norman just declared a 70 per cent lift in half year profits driven by insatiable demand for household electronic goods. The ACCI also proposed other initiatives such as taxation ...

Austock beats profit forecast but IM returns fall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
Diversified financial services firm Austock Group yesterday announced an $8.8 million net profit after tax for the half year to 31 December, but reported a fall in investment management returns. Austock's $8.8 million net profit after tax was a 75 per ...

Bad weather dampens Suncorp profits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
Suncorp's bottomline has been hit by unusual weather and global share market volatility after the firm's half year net profit after tax was down 27.5 per cent to $382 million. The group's general insurance division posted $172 million half year profit ...

Snowball boosts FUA by $300m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
Snowball Group has posted it half year results with a boost in funds under advice by $300 million to $4.9 billion over six-month period to December last year. The company's earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased 27 per cent to $5.1 million ...