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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... everything seems to be doing well. There's nothing dragging it down. "There are some slight gains, but nothing too dramatic." The major banks all were up in morning trade. Commonwealth Bank put on 65 cents, or 1.91 per cent to $34.60, Westpac gained ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Goodbye golden parachutes - APRA has released a consultation package encouraging financial services firms to set up stricter guidelines when deciding executive remuneration. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is recommending its regulated ...

Macq buys energy advisory firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... and London. "By combining the research platforms, Macquarie will cover approximately 250 energy related companies in every major oil and gas basin in the world," he said. After the transitional period, Tristone will be integrated into Macquarie Group ...

Rwanda calls for $770m fund injection

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... country in east-central Africa, is home to over 10 million people who mostly engage in subsistence agriculture. The country's major export markets include China, Germany and the US.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
The Australian share market fell more than one per cent in morning trade, dragged down by major banks and miners. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 48.9 points, or 1.29 per cent, at 3,752.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Fed's unfunded liabilities balloon to $80bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... flashpoint between the Future Fund's board of guardians and the Rudd government because while the fund is widely expected to be a major financier behind some of the government's national infrastructure projects, rapidly expanding public servant unfunded ...

SimCorp to award excellence in risk management

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009

Perpetual proposes caps on exec and board pay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Perpetual has taken extra steps to preserve its balance sheet and cut costs, including a dividend reinvestment plan announced this morning and a move towards lower bonus payments and caps on executive and board remuneration. The 'surprise' announcements ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... their claims for special rules for manual workers labelling them unfair. The Australian newspaper today reported that the major industrial unions, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CMFEU) and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union ...

Mixed reaction on shorting ban lift

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... also applauded the lifting of the ban, stating that the move will put Australia back at a "level playing field" with other major developed markets. However, "any re-imposition will simply fuel ongoing market uncertainty for investors in the Australian ...