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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger following Wall Street's healthy gain on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0759 AEST, the December share price index contract was 19 points higher at 5322. Today, market interest is expected ...

Future Fund chair talks about T3 and politics

Speaking at the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Awards yesterday, Future Fund chairman, David Murray, shared his views on Telstra and why his fund will not get tangled up in government politicking. With a huge chunk of Telstra (T3) shares going into the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... of 11,959.63. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index finished up 12.88 points at 1,362.83, after touching a new five-and-a-half year high of 1,363.76. The Nasdaq Composite Index ended 37.91 points higher at 2,346.18. The Nasdaq is now only about 29 points within ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0747 AEST, the December share price index contract was up 26 points at 5,126. Today, Colorado Group will release first half ...

From NZ Super to the Future Fund - Costello's next step

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund's outgoing chief executive, Paul Costello, stressed that it is early days yet to talk about his new role but if NZ Super's performance track record is anything to go by the Future Fund is in good hands. "They're very ...

Hunter Hall shares the wealth with staff

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Hunter Hall has announced a staff equity plan and executive profit sharing scheme in a bid to retain key personnel for the long term, a strategy which will see portfolio managers eventually owning 10 per cent of the company. The Portfolio Manager Share ...

AXA Asia Pac chief to bow out

... enjoying a solid performance. This week, the group posted a 20 per cent rise in operating earnings to $223 million in the half year to June 30. Total funds management, administration and advice stood at $87.6 billion and there's the $1.2 billion capital ...

Zurich Australia chief executive to retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
The chief executive for Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich Australia) is set to retire after 35 years in the financial services industry. Tom Brown, who has just announced his intention to retire on 31 December this year, will be succeeded ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
The Australian stock market is expected to make a robust opening following a strong rally on Wall Street as well as higher metal and oil prices overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 106 points to ...

E*TRADE picks up HSBC Stockbroking

ETRADE Australia (E*TRADE) has paid $51.3 million for HSBC Stockbroking in a deal that adds 40,000 accounts to the group and increases its market share by 6.54 per cent. E*TRADE's chief executive, Brett Spork, said this is the company's first acquisition ...