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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... we shouldn't forget that. "People are still going to go to Coles and Woolworths no matter what the market is doing." The major miners all were trading higher after metals prices rose on the London Metal Exchange overnight. The world's biggest miner ...

New partnerships and sponsorships announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... presence in the corporate sponsorship market with Wilson HTM, MFS and Community First Credit Union all recently announcing major community partnerships, donations and sports sponsorships. Wilson HTM have just launched the Wilson HTM National Art Prize ...

Private equity, hedge funds at risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
Up to half all hedge funds, at least one major bank and a "substantial percentage" of private equity firms in business today worldwide will cease to exist within five years, according to predictions made by GMO chairman, Jeremy Grantham. In his quarterly ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... but did not replicate the big falls seen on United States markets on Friday. The big banks weighed upon the bourse, but major miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto were stronger. Aequs Securities institutional dealer Ric Klusman said that, although the Australian ...

From rooster to feather duster

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... full advantage of cheap borrowing to fuel leveraged buyouts and stock buy backs. The crunch came last Thursday when one major mortgage lender began having problems with their borrowers with good credit histories. Investors backed off, shying away from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... more and which one has gone down by less," he said. As well, weaker commodity prices on the London Metal Exchange hit the major miners. Australia's biggest miner BHP Billiton dropped $1.12 cents to $36.18, while rival Rio Tinto shed $3.28 to $90.60. ...

Zurich advisers log on to IRESS software

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... electronically. Andrew McKee, Zurich's Australian head of life risk insurance, said, "With the country's underinsurance crisis a major concern, this service is an important step in Zurich's journey to simplify its new business processing and make its ...

Four pillars policy no longer relevant

... there was justification for the policy on competition grounds, there was none today. Instead the policy has prevented the major banks from achieving the scale necessary for them to fend off global players that are making their presence felt in the local ...

IMF blames the world

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... have also increased due to deterioration in credit quality across some sectors. This credit crunch is already evident in a major breakdown in asset markets overnight where to the Dow and FTSE fell 2.2 per cent and 3.2 per cent respectively. At one stage ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... bit. "You've just got to keep it all in a bit of perspective." Weaker commodity prices on the London Metal Exchange hit the major miners, both of which suffered significant falls. Australia's biggest miner BHP Billiton dropped 56 cents to $37.49, while ...