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Malaysia boosts REITs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
The Malaysian Securities Commission has reviewed its guidelines on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to improve the country's attractiveness as a destination for REIT listings. The guidelines, which are in line with internationally accepted standards ...

Banks not ready for Web 2.0

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... care of other people's money, use it to make more and share the profits with customers and shareholders." Security is the major hurdle, he said, since anything that opens a window for someone other than the customer is inherently dangerous from a bank"s ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... by Computershare, which was up 12 cents, or 1.32 per cent to $9.19. "Lower base metals prices are really dragging on the major miners today, which is weighing on the market," Ms Simpson said. The mining giants were sharply lower at 1211 AEST. BHP Billiton ...

Cuscal targets super as profit soars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... rediATM fleet is also in expansion mode, with 2500 ATMs to be available by 2012. "The rediATM network is set to rival the major banks and provide more than 120 card issuing institutions with the ability to offer direct charge free ATM transactions to ...

Planners comment on EDR scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
Financial planners will play an active stance in commenting on ASIC's newest proposal to increase the compensation cap to $280,000 in an external dispute resolution scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) yesterday released ...

BGIA expands insto team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... houses. Britten said the firm's presence in the institutional market continued to grow and already included relationships with major superannuation funds, institutional fund providers and asset consultants.

This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... commodity prices continued last week, pulling down resource and energy companies. Australia and Canada, two of the world's major commodity producers, have been especially hard hit. Australia: Data on employment and retail sales are the key Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... one of the two-day National Infrastructure Summit. On Friday, the Australian share market fell more than two per cent as major banking and resources stocks felt the impact of renewed concerns about the health of the global economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Raise your fixed income bet: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
Financial planners should reassess their clients' exposure to the fixed income sector after a van Eyk review found diversified income managers are primed to take advantage of investment opportunities in credit securities. The firm's diversified income ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... closed weaker across the board as the big miners and most of the banks fell. All of the large sectors were hit, but the major laggards included utilities, metals and mining, energy, materials and telecoms. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 slid below the key ...