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AusFIN calls for 'fairer outcomes'

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
A number of associations, trade unions and interest groups have banded together to push for better regulation in financial services. The newly formed Australian Financial Integrity Network (AusFIN) is made up of various bodies including industry heavyweights ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
The Australian share market has lost some of its early gains but remains higher at noon as stocks follow positive leads from markets in the United States and Europe. At 1201 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.3 points, or 0.43 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Australian share market opened 0.4 per cent higher, pushed up by materials and financials stocks after a positive lead from Wall Street. By 1015 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 19.1 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 4,603.8, while the broaker ...

Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... Financial markets are running around like headless Turkeys trying to find the nearest exit away from the oven. There was heavy selling on Wall Street overnight and then... buy backs. At lot of things went through my mind when I powered up the net and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Australian share market edged into positive territory in intra-day trading on light volumes as big investors sat on the sidelines awaiting more market direction. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.4 points, or 0.14 per cent, at ...

NabInvest adds credit start-up to boutique stable

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
NabInvest has added a ninth fund to its portfolio of boutiques, sealing a partnership with Wiltshire Capital, a new start-up credit fund backed by industry heavyweights. NAB's incubation arm has acquired a non-controlling minority equity holding in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... said the market had made up some ground since opening slightly lower. "The fact that the market is up in the face of pretty heavy decline in National Australia Bank shares after it's ex-dividend is not a bad performance and especially when overseas markets ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was 1.3 per cent lower in intra-day trading, with offshore currency plays and China's surprise interest rate hike weighing on the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 63.6 points, or 1.37 per cent ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Russell Australia High Dividend Index's top ten holdings was dominated by financial stocks but property trusts are emerging as attractive high-yield stocks. The Russell Australia High Dividend Index (RAHDI) includes Australian blue-chip companies with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... medium term." Mr McCarthy said the miners were driving gains, with BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Newcrest doing most of the heavy lifting. BHP Billiton was up 41 cents, or 1.04 per cent, at $39.84 at 1204 AEST, while fellow diversified miner Rio Tinto ...