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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian stock market was mixed at noon, with strong gains from the resources sector offsetting heavy falls from the banks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 6.8 points lower at 5612.8, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 4.2 points ...

Virgin Money drops out of cards

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Virgin Money is the latest victim of the liquidity crisis in the financial markets, announcing yesterday that it will hand over its credit card portfolio and license its brand to Westpac for the next 14 months. Westpac will pay $39 million and Virgin ...

Adviser charged on $48k theft

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
Perth financial adviser Annemieke De Boer was yesterday sentenced to one year imprisonment and suspended for two years after pleading guilty to stealing $48,000 from a former client. The sentence was the result of a joint investigation conducted by ...

Investec takes to the air

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Specialist banking group Investec has raised its stakes in the aircraft leasing business with the launch of the Investec Global Aircraft Fund - its first institutional offering to the Australian market. According to a statement released by Investec ...

Sub-prime boosts actuary profile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Actuaries will play a more central part of the banking and financial services sector as a result of the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, according to Greg Martin, Institute of Actuaries of Australia president. "We are seeing enterprise risk management ...

Int'l equities full of quality: S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
A Standard & Poor's international equities review found more than half of the funds had achieved either four or five star ratings. The report analysed 62 large cap and nine small cap international equities funds and found six had been awarded five star ...

China response has big trade implications

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
With pressures growing on Prime Minister Rudd to scold China over its treatment of Tibet, the irony is that its left to just to the Prime Minister to defend our position even though the beneficiaries of our China relationship extend into every corner ...

NZ Super ends Fisher Funds ties

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation has officially ended their investment relationship with Fisher Funds Management Limited opting to take this aspect of the portfolio direct. NZ Super appointed Fisher Funds back in December 2003 to manage an ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
April 1st came early this year with the Reserve Bank, the Productivity Commission and the National Trust of NSW making some of their most incredible public statements ever. High interest rates and bank rates jumping above the Reserve's official benchmark ...

S&P hits back on CalPERS' claims

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Standard & Poor's has returned fire at claims by CalPERS that the global rating house practiced a "dual rating system" which placed municipalities to a higher standard than corporate issuers. US pension fund giant CalPERS recently flagged the current ...