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IPOs hit by market uncertainty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Stock market jitters and uncertainty in credit market, interest rates and inflation are all coming together to stall IPO activity, according to a survey just released by Deloitte. Steve Woosnam, Deloitte corporate finance partner, said while IPO seem ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
The Australian share market had recovered to be 0.46 per cent in the black soon after noon after dropping nearly three per cent in morning trade on the back of more bad news from Wall Street. At 1230 AEDT, the S&P/ASX200 index was down 26.1 points ...

Valad ups stake in UK property

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Property fund manager, Valad Property Group, has launched a new wholesale property fund targeting the UK property market. Valad announced last week the close of its first capital raising for the company's $1.1 billion Opportunity Fund targeting multi-sector ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
An economy moving to full employment has big implications for economic policy and how we should read the macro indicators. In a major speech to the NSW Economic Society this week, Dr Steven Kennedy from the Commonwealth Treasury said while the most ...

Fidelity turns on hazard lights for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
Global equity markets will be more volatile next year highlighting the need for institutional investors to analyse their stock choices more stringently, according to Fidelity. "The economic backdrop is less than rosy. Inflation while not appearing a ...

Securitised assets get RAMmed

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
Just as RAMS Home Loans Group chairman announced the home lender was no longer a going concern, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released new figures confirming that securitised asset levels in Australia are contracting on the back of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on firmer commodity prices and a positive lead from Wall St. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 86 points at 6440. Today, ABB Grain Ltd annual results ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on a negative US lead. At 0745 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 114 points at 6422. Today, Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd, Centrebet International Ltd, Ainsworth ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
Looks like the May budget's tax cuts have poured straight into cash registers as retail spending data has shown a blow-out that has the market not just certain Cup Day will win us a rate hike but there will likely be another one under the Christmas ...

Raging bull in sub-prime abattoir

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
The offshore-bulls were running rampant overnight, straight into the abattoir as rumours of a huge sub-prime loss for Merrill Lynch proved to be true. The world's biggest brokerage firm Merrill Lynch reported a blowout in losses in its third quarter ...