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US and Aus open equities borders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
Local investors are set to benefit from a new agreement between US and Australian regulators that may allow brokers from both regions to only comply with their home country regulation when trading Australian or US equities. The groundbreaking deal could ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
A fresh wave of negative news on the credit market, growth worries and a decline in commodity prices overnight will put downward pressure on today's trading in the Australian stockmarket. Renewed concern over the financial sector and the outlook for ...

Challenger FM down, CEO says goodbye

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
Challenger Financial Services Group chief executive Mike Tilley is stepping down just as the group announced today that its funds under management dropped 19 per cent in the last financial year. According to a statement on the Australian Securities ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
As expected, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy meeting held on 5 August reiterated earlier RBA comments suggesting that there is scope to lower interest rates given the slowdown in demand in the Australian economy. As with ...

Plan B bears market pain

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Boutique wealth manager Plan B's full year results were not as stellar as the numbers in the half year although the company still managed to meet its earnings target and dish out higher-than-planned dividends for shareholders. Six months ago, Plan B ...

IRESS buys boost profits

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
IRESS' buying spree earlier this year has fattened the profits of the company's wealth management business by 7.2 per cent. IRESS wealth management arms in Australia and New Zealand reported a healthy first half with revenue increasing by 7.2 per cent ...

SimCorp adds LexiFi modelling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
SimCorp teamed up with French software provider, LexiFi to integrate the firm's financial modelling technology onto SimCorp's investment management system, SimCorp Dimension. The integration of LexiFi's technology means SimCorp can deliver complete ...

AXA to list wholesale prop fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
AXA plans to list its $1.07 billion wholesale property fund as a way to avoid any "detrimental" impact on unitholders should volatility in the property sector continue. The firm proposes to list the fund before the end of the year subject to unitholder ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... The Australian share market was more than 1.5 per cent lower at noon with both the financial and resources sectors in the red. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had shed 85.7 points, or 1.73 per cent at 4,899.3, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Australians still have a gigantic $12 billion in lost super but a concerted effort by the government, regulators and wealth management industry is slowly reducing the amount of misplaced retirement savings. AUSfund for one has returned nearly $40 million ...