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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... $4.26. In other market news, WorleyParsons, Australia's biggest engineering company, posted a 61.6 per cent increase in half year profit to $152.7 million, sending its shares 54 cents, or 1.35 per cent, higher to $40.54 at 1202 AEDT. Mr Walker said this ...

Challenger on course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... income line and maintain cost discipline in order to maintain EBIT," Rogan said. In other news, Challenger's 2008 first half year assets under management increased by 22 per cent and its net profit after tax was $96 million, five per cent down on the ...

Platinum posts 29pc profit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Platinum Asset Management yesterday announced a 29 per cent boost in net profit after income tax for the half year ending 31 December, the same period when its Asia Fund was its top performer. The firm's total revenue increased 2.5 per cent to reach ...

Diversity pays in wealth management: CBA

... to the impact of the sub-prime asset crisis and revealed extra funding costs and loan impairment provisioning in the half year. Cash net profit after tax (NPAT) rose by a small 4 per cent to $2.38 billion during the period. However, the wealth management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... releases a second quarter production report, Oxiana Ltd a fourth quarter production report and Kagara Ltd hands down its half year results. Blue chip stocks plummeted, a major online broking website crashed and investors raced for the exit door as the ...

Russell managing director leaves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Russell Investment Group's institutional investment services managing director, Stephen Roberts, has announced his departure from the firm in February. Alan Schoenheimer, Australasian managing director at Russell Investment Group, said the firm was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... building activity data for the September quarter. Listed investment company Djerriwarrh Investments Ltd releases its half year results. The Australian stock market closed in the red for the tenth session in a row on Friday, a 17-year first, as nervous ...

MFS director waves goodbye

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... inform the market of developments as they occur. MFS' funds management arm has $150 million of debt falling due this half year, but believes the debt will be repaid or refinanced in the normal course of its business operations before the due date. The ...

AIG expands insurance team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
Insurance giant AIG Life has appointed Geoffrey Grace and Sarah Dobell to its insurance team to drive the company's customer service focus. Grace returns to AIG Life after spending five years managing life operations at AXA Asia Pacific. "It's my job ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases merchandise imports data for October. James Hardie Ltd releases second quarter and half year results. Bluglass Ltd and Valad Property Group hold their annual general meetings in Sydney. SP Telemedia will hold ...