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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0718 AEDT, the March share price index contract was up 26 points at 5946. In economic news today, ABS December quarter house ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
The Australian stock market was higher at noon with strong commodity stocks and a good lead from Wall Street pushing the bourse into record territory. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 32.2 points higher at 5968.8 while the all ordinaries also ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
National Australia Bank's Monthly Business Survey for January has shown that business conditions rose by 6 points to a score of +17 as a result of an 8 point increase in the profitability index, which is now at a new record high of +19. Opposing the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0715 AEDT, the March share price index contract was up 31 points at 5929. In economic news today, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute ...

In-specie transfers up 300 per cent: Multiport

Investors are transferring as many assets as they can into their self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to take advantage of the government's new super rules that will come into effect in July. SMSF administration services provider Multiport said the number ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The New Zealand Superannuation Board has responded to an attack from the NZ Greens Party that alleged they were investing in companies that manufacture nuclear weapons and cluster bombs. David May, chairman of the Board of the Guardians of New Zealand ...

Regulators discuss streamlining some supervision operations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
Ten years after the Wallis Financial System Inquiry and eight years after the creation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the bodies are in discussions about how ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat with little lead from Wall Street and patchy commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0706 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down two points at 5869. In economic news today ...

Beware of hedge risk: Deloitte

Many hedge fund providers are not using best-practice guidelines such as external administrators or independent valuations of their assets, according to the latest global hedge fund industry survey by Deloitte. According to Deloitte, which surveyed ...

MFAA rules under fire

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
The peak body for mortgage and business finance brokers, the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA), may be forced to rewrite its membership rules if the competition watchdog upholds a complaint. The MFAA, formerly the Mortgage Industry ...