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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... Rio Tinto had risen $7.10, or 5.95 per cent, to $126.40 and BHP Billiton was up $1.68, or 4.72 per cent, at $37.27. The major banks all were up more than five per cent at noon, almost twice the rise in the indices overall. At 1222 AEDT, St George was ...

Pinnacle appoints distrib exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... In this position, Chambers will be based in Melbourne and build relationships with asset consultants, research houses and major investment clients for the group's boutique firms. The firm is expected to appoint another executive to a similar role based ...

Household wealth breaks through $5 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... nothwithstanding super has helped to share the wealth across more people. The Treasury analysis nonetheless indirectly showcases the major superannuation policy conundrum concerning national savings, namely whether the super tax concessions actually ...

Tele-underwriting with a health check

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... counts Macquarie Brokers and Hillross Financial Services on its client list. Expediting the underwriting process has been a major challenge for the insurance industry, according to Pathrec. Long completion times, due to incomplete applications or delays ...

ANZ sets the scene for capital raising

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... obtain funding and global banks are retreating to their core markets. "This is placing an even more significant role on the major trading banks to provide finance to facilitate the running of the economy. "And as borrowers increasingly turn to banks ...

Water the next competitive frontier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... Combined with selected recommendations from the Garnaut report, it looks like some serious thinking has already gone into major national environmental management plans. The question now is what is political saleable.

Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... influence of the country's regulators. The number of top Australian company directors that bought shares two months before a major company announcement, such as a profit update or a takeover, rose by 40 per cent over four years, according to new research ...

EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... the impact on emerging markets will be there, but not in as much as it would have 5 or 10 years ago," said Mobius. The two major growth areas lie in commodities and consumers, says Mobius. "Consumers in emerging markets are now wealthier per capita. ...

Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... foodstuffs. "Problems with pig-meat in China have added to inflation there but growing global shortages of grain has been a major contributing factor," said Orlic.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... country's second biggest lender revealed yesterday that it could be hurt by the demise of Allco Finance Group. One of Allco's major shareholders, Allco Principal Investments Pty Ltd (API), said last night it (API) was likely to go into voluntary administration. ...