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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2006
The Australian share market is likely to open lower, with a weak lead from Wall Street and a fairly steady day on the local market yesterday. The Australian share market continued its record-setting run, before ending relatively unchanged yesterday. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2006
... the first time in four-and-a-half years. LONDON - Britain's leading share index backed further away from four-and-a-half year highs, led down by miners whose losses were intensified by disappointing news from US peers, while Marks & Spencer fell after ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer as a solid lead from the US is expected to offset weaker precious and base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was nine points firmer at ...

Machiavellian Macville gets prison term

A former financial planner and adviser from Queensland was sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment after being found guilty of six fraud charges. Robert Pierre Macville funnelled client funds of around $470,000 into his own private company Macville ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer and would move to fresh record highs as firmer base metal prices and generally positive equity sentiment combine to drive the local bourse higher. However, with the market making strong gains recently ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer as a small gains in the US markets, coupled with firmer base metal prices, help to offset weaker gold and oil prices. Still, it will be comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) ...

Long term returns key to super

The latest Intech Super Survey shows that average returns in the past 20 years remained strong despite the 1987 market crash, early nineties recession and the tech bust. According to Intech, the median growth super fund returned 8.9 percent per year ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2005
SYDNEY - the Australian share market is expected to open firmer, continuing the strong form of yesterday, although it is expected to be capped by thin trading due to a public holiday in Melbourne. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Trust shifts focus and reports stronger results

... area continued to grow with assets under supervision for the division at $11.4 billion up 36 per cent compared the 2004 half year.

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2005
... to open slightly firmer as the local market embraces results from mining company Rio Tinto, which yesterday reported half year earnings after the market closed. Rio Tinto said yesterday its interim net profit has surged to a record $US2.16 billion and ...