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Broken hearts from empty pockets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... superannuation balances, investment market uncertainty and the spiralling cost of living, including high petrol prices - these are major concerns for all Australians," said David Bryant, head of Australian Unity Investments. Since October last year ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... he said. The fund's positive 1.68 per cent gain last month is in keeping with the positive returns delivered by all the major asset classes tracked by the Perennial Investors Index for the period. This means that August was the first time in 11 months ...

Negline joins Rainmaker

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... In addition to his consulting role at Rainmaker, he is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines, and speaks at major financial services conferences and seminars. Prior to setting up his own consulting firm in 2001, Negline worked at ING and ...

St.George's tech gets a boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
St.George Bank's data warehousing practices are expected to go through a major upgrade following the installation of the Teradata 5550 platform and Teradata 12 database in Australia. The new system consists of a three-node Teradata 5550 platform in ...

Today's the day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... losses in the financial services, media, automotive and airline industries. True, a slowing labour market would remove the major underpinning behind consumer spending but as the second quarter company profits and capex reports show, Australian businesses ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... Yesterday, the Australian share market closed slightly lower following weaker commodity prices, a weak US lead on Friday and major stocks going ex-dividend. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 17.3 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 5118.3, while the broader ...

Pengana wins ex-Rubicon investors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... that they are expecting a $4 million mandate this month from an ex-Rubicon investor. Next month, they are expecting another major investor to pump a further $25 to $30 million into the new venture. Pengana's Asia Special Events Fund employs an event-driven ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
The Australian equities market was down at midday, following falls on Wall Street on Friday. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 32.3 points, or 0.63 per cent to 5103.3, while the broader All Ordinaries was off 27.7 points, or 0.53 per cent ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
This Week's Market Movers (1 - 5 Sep 2008) Four of the world's major central banks will hold monetary policy meetings this week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), The Bank of Canada (BoC), the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

Austock curbs expansion plans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... short, the company just nudged in the black with a profit after tax of $100,000 during the year. The numbers came after a major restructure that began early this calendar year. Besides withdrawing from the US market, the group has closed its securities ...