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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... 13,679 contracts. Shares in brewer Lion Nathan Ltd were up $3.37, or 40.55 per cent, to $11.68 at 1227 AEST after the company's independent directors recommended a takeover offer from the its major shareholder, Japanese beer-maker Kirin Holdings Co. ...

AXA Rosenberg launches EM strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... outperformed the corresponding market by 30 per cent on average. The strategy builds a portfolio of roughly 300 small company holdings that exhibit a high earnings yield. "During periods of book-to-price compression, like 2004 to 2007, we saw companies ...

AdviserLogic selects CLS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
Financial advice software provider, AdviserLogic, has appointed CLS as sales and marketing partner. Kurt Smyth, executive manager at CLS, said adding AdviserLogic as a client reflects CLS' growing reputation in the marketplace. "Financial planners that ...

Rated AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... And this is not the first time. Wikipedia notes that 'Enron's rating remained at investment grade four days before the company went bankrupt, despite the fact that credit rating agencies had been aware of the company's problems for months.' This was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 43 points at 3,775. In equities news on Monday, Australian Agricultural Company holds an extraordinary general meeting for shareholders to decide on the purchase of Tipperary and Litchfield cattle ...

BNP increases stake in Indian mega broker

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... United Arab Emirates through a joint venture with Barjeel Geojit Securities and in Saudi Arabia via Aloula Geojit Brokerage Company. C J George, chief executive at Geojit BNP Paribas, said the increased equity stake would allow both firms to develop ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... practical application of the scope and content of the duties of executives. These include the duties of chief executives, company secretaries and chief financial officers when taking important matters to the Board and disclosing those matters to the ...

Bankwest planners join CFS

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... will remain Bankwest branded and will continue with the branch based proposition originally set in place by the parent company prior to the Commonwealth Bank buyout last October. Last year's buyout saw CBA purchase BankWest and formerly HBOS-owned wealth ...

Aviva names SMA distribution head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Aviva has appointed Stuart Fechner to head up the distribution of the firm's soon to launch Separately Managed Accounts (SMA). Fechner, previously a national key account manager for the firm's Navigator platform, takes on the newly created role of distribution ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... metal increased. At 0739 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 19 points at 3,766. In company news, Woodside Petroleum releases its quarterly production report. The Australian share market shrugged off weak offshore ...