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Sub-prime currency fall-out

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... currency valuations as the US dollar comes under even more selling pressure. While we can dismiss this as just their problem, a major spin-off is that the USD denominated oil price goes through the roof. Today it is trading into the US$84-plus zone. ...

AMP names new chief

... before being promoted to managing director of AMP Banking a year later. He was appointed to his current role after AMP's major management restructure in 2002, where he succeeded Andrew Mohl as head of AMP Financial Services after Mohl took the top job. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... 6435 on a volume of 15,251 contracts. In addition to a strong lead from the US, CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said a major factor affecting the market today was impressive trade on the commodities market, with the crude oil price again at a record ...

AIG auctions ManU FC jersey for charity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... different Reach programs in more than 400 locations across Australia to over 45,000 teenagers aged 13-18. AIG Life is a major global sponsor of the Manchester United football club and since they are also supporters of Reach they decided to provide a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... in Sydney today at the investment market launch. The Australian sharemarket closed lower on Tuesday, dragged back by the major banks as investors fretted over the debt market. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 78.9 points to 6192.5 and the All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... green," Heffernan said. "We are down 1.3 per cent (at 1145 AEST), which is a pretty sizeable fall, with the banks taking the major brunt of that, with the four biggest losers out of the top 20 being banks." National Australia Bank dropped $1.00, or 2.60 ...

A third of over 55s will never retire: Citibank

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
Nearly a third of Australian workers over 55 years old have no plans to retire, and 14 per cent intend to work well past 70, according to Citibank's latest Retirement Index. However, many of those working into retirement will not do it for the money ...

King doubles size after buying spree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
King Financial Services has doubled its size after it acquired two advisory groups with a combined funds under advice (FUA) of $290 million. The Canberra-based company is now one of the largest financial planning firms in the Australian Capital Territory ...

Mariner taps into private equity

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
Mariner Financial has launched a bid to purchase TV production company Beyond International, which, if successful, will form a seed asset of a new private equity fund to be launched next year. The fund, to be housed under a new brand, Mariner Capital ...

Messaging transactions for 12 cents: SWIFT

... and the new SWIFTNet Funds protocols process message transactions in real time. The 14 pilot participants include all the major custodians and fund managers namely ANZ, Ausmaq, Colonial First State, Macquarie, NCS, State Street, RBC Dexia, Vanguard ...