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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP | TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011

... announced a deal last week and then yesterday we saw Crescent and Focus Minerals announce another deal. "We have had media reports overnight and this morning that Woodside's fall below $40 puts it back on BHP's radar... it's that sort of thinking I think ...

Dealer groups miss commissions

ALISON BEVEGE | THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011

... over half involved poor life insurance advice," it said in the Future of Financial Advice reform information pack. Media reports in the past week have highlighted cases where people were charged for insurance they did not need, including children with ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010

... banks - a move that could trigger another inquiry involving Australia's trillion dollar superannuation industry. Media reports over the weekend quote the shadow treasurer calling for a full-blown inquiry into the Australian financial system not dissimilar ...

RBF-Tas terminates 452 Capital mandate

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010

... Management last month as the interim manager replacing 452 Capital for the firm's Australian equities portfolio. Other media reports note that 452 Capital also lost a $150 million mandate from Russell Investments in June, but that was prior to the departures ...

Great Southern investors target BABL

MEDIA RELEASE | MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010

... placed in receivership in May last year. The Great Southern Group has a reported shortfall of about $2 billion, while media reports note BABL has $550-615 million in loans to 8,200 investors with some $181.8 million in payments at least 90 days in arrears. ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010

... seconds it took before Briggs hit the canvass... but the result was the same. Share prices "dove" after, according to media reports, Big Ben in the red corner landed a knock out punch with his words, "the economic outlook remains unusually uncertain." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010

... 0.18 per cent, at 20,431.06, after gaining 3.1 per cent over the previous three sessions. China's government denied media reports that it had loosened controls on mortgage lending in first-tier cities. China's housing ministry acknowledged "positive ...

AXA sells UK life and savings business

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010

... provides the firm with greater scale in a number of product areas of protection and corporate pensions. AXA confirmed media reports it was in talks with Resolution regarding the sale of its life and savings operations in the UK two weeks ago. AXA retains ...

Trio funds to be wound up

COMPANY RELEASE | THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010

... they have not been able to establish the existence or value of the foreign assets of the fund, contrary to recent media reports that have suggested otherwise, noted the statement.

Galleon sinks $4bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009

... as soon as the news emerged, with SEC posting details of the charges on its website. Rajaratnam said in overseas media reports that he is innocent of all charges although his company then sent letters to investors about the gradual winding down of the ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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