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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... 0.95 per cent, at 2,647.85. LONDON - UK stocks rose as higher raw material prices lifted commodity plays and after HSBC and major US banks reassured investors on their exposure to the credit market crunch. The FTSE 100 added 69.7 points to 6,432.1. FRANKFURT ...

What happened to baby platforms?

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
The decline in popularity of baby or cut down wraps could be due to the mixed feelings among product managers about their relevance to today's investors. Alan Kenny, general manager of product and investment services at Colonial First State said FirstChoice ...

Toy story

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... Chinese goods were responsible for 55 per cent of a 50 per cent increase in recalled product, highlighting an escalation of major safety issues with both toys and children's clothing. US consumer watchdog the Consumer Products Safety Commission, announced ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... in technology shares, optimism over Wal-Mart Stores Inc's solid profit and an easing of concerns about credit losses at major banks. A sharp slide in crude oil prices below $91 a barrel also underpinned the market, easing worries about higher energy ...

Pengana wins $150m QIC mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... investment officer at Pengana, said he regarded the strategy as an asset class in its own right and was expanding into other major indices in global stock markets. In September, Wilkinson said the expected returns on the fund were in the mid-20 per cent ...

CommBank buys IWL

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... Tait said the final due diligence will take up to a month to complete. Tait said the company's wholesale capacity was a major reason for the purchase. He said while the basic integration plans had been decided, the bank still needed to research and conduct ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... Ltd. The huge bid overshadowed a solid profit result from the National Australia Bank, whose shares rose while the other major banks fell. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.1 points to 6545.7, while the All Ordinaries lifted 38.9 points to 6607.4. ...

Village People

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... contrast Australian retirees prefer to remain close to the old neighbourhood and their families, friends and the local doctor. Major pressure points in Australia are departure fees between the different levels of independent living and assisted care ...

BankWest branches into super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... Accumulation Index rose at an average of 19.3 per cent over five years, while the average retail equity fund offered by the major financial institutions has only grown at 17.2 per cent," he said. Low cost online superannuation products are a growing ...

Hunter Hall turns deep green

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
Hunter Hall has released a new environmentally focused global fund that aims to generate "a positive outcome for the wellbeing of people, animals and the environment" by using a highly exclusive range of filters that eliminates countries like Japan ...