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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... blues... the strength of the market has been quite out of character for this time of the year," Mr Heffernan said. "The major driver is the much better performance in the US and also the fact that there is likely to be no interest rises there and similarly ...

Product complexity blamed for systemic errors

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
Complex product packages of the kind that have become increasingly common in retail banking are a major cause of systemic problems in the banking system, according to the Banking and Financial Services Ombudsman (BFSO). The BFSO issued a report last ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
The ANZ job advertisement series has shown that the total number of jobs in major metropolitan newspapers as well as the internet has risen by 0.3 per cent in September following the fall of 1.3 per cent in August of this year. The present level is ...

MapInfo plots the market's future

... including insurance and banking. While 'location software' was a little known sub-segment in IT many years ago, it received a major boost after Google launched its set of Google maps. "Google certainly did a lot for the sector because it increased awareness ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... Exchange, the December share price index contract was trading six points better at 5237 on a volume of 5864 contracts. The major news of the day has been Telstra's one-year update on its five-year transformation plan, which CEO Sol Trujillo says is running ...

You are how you spend, not your age

... their NEOs versus Traditionals consumer segmentation. While Honeywill declined to disclose names, he said that a couple of major banks have looked into using 'neotypology' as their key consumer research behind their product development. "All of the big ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... in the next couple of months and typically there is a bit of strength leading up to these reports," Mr Muller said. The major banking stocks were all up about 1.5 per cent with National Australian Bank lifting 53 cents to $37.62, Commonwealth Bank finding ...

Private equity capital raising breaks $4bn for 2005-06

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
Private equity funds invested $2.3 billion into target companies while raising $4.1 billion in new capital raisings in the 12 months to 30 June 2006. Thomson Financial, working with the Australian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (AVCAL) ...

LaSalle welcomes new client services director

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... from the on-the-ground presence of a company that manages nearly US$40 billion of assets across globe from offices in every major market in which they invest." LaSalle's global head of client services, Celia Jennings, said Quirk's was a key appointment ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... releases August international trade data. The Australian stock market inched forward yesterday, with a late recovery led by the major financial and media stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 5.5 points to 5184.3, and the all ordinaries was 2.5 ...