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Industry reports more soaring profits

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... management industry continues to scale new heights with more strong reporting results for some of the big brands for the half year to 31 December 2006. This is due largely to an increase in superannuation inflows and solid returns in the equity markets. ...

Property 'extreme makeover' a winning formula: FKP

... by buying into and refurbishing distressed properties. The group's FKP Core Plus fund returned 18.8 per cent in the half year to December 2006, easily beating their full year target of 14 per cent. FKP Funds Management's executive general manager Adam ...

AMP FP to call 35,000 over switching advice

... 7,000, as part of its enforceable undertaking (EU) entered into last year. Coinciding with the presentation of their half year results yesterday, the group has given more details about the four enforceable undertakings it agreed to with the Austrailan ...

CommBank FUA reaches $168b

... after the Commonwealth Bank posted a 22.7 per cent growth in funds under administration (FUA) to $168 billion in the half year ended 31 December 2006. The funds management business posted a 27 per cent increase in net profit after tax (NPAT) of $232 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... volume of 5739 contracts. Austock Brokers senior client advisor Michael Heffernan said the market was expecting strong half year profit announcements from several of the big banks. "You had Bendigo report recently and Commonwealth tomorrow, with a strong ...

Bendigo banks on advice

... proposing a new business model where bank tellers will have the same qualifications as financial planners. In their half year announcement this week, the group's chief operating officer Mike Hirst said their staff will have "ongoing, significant training" ...

Adviser jailed for five and a half years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
An unlicensed Queensland adviser has been jailed for five and a half years for fraud involving hundreds of thousands of dollars of client money. Shane Hoy was sentenced to five and a half years jail by the Brisbane District Court after an Australian ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... The Australian share market was higher at noon, hitting fresh intraday highs, buoyed by strength of mining giant BHP's half year results. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 9.9 points at 5,880.4, after earlier breaking new territory at 5,871.5. ...

Daily Economic Update

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
The half yearly reporting season of the Australian stockmarket begins this week with a general expectation that good earnings numbers are on the table. Among the larger players to report is Woolworths on second quarter earnings and sales for the first ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
... share price index contract fell eighteen points at 5,579. Today, Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd will host its half year results, and Nare Diamonds will list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Yesterday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...