Banking & Finance

Adele Ferguson

INSURANCE giant IAG stunned investors yesterday with a $550 million capital raising

Allison Jackson

AUSTRALIAN shares sank 1.5 per cent yesterday amid growing fears about European banks and disappointing company results.

Bridget Carter

AUSTRALIA'S listed property companies have booked more than $4.2 billion in half-year net losses this reporting season, as the sector...

Richard Gluyas

A MORE than fivefold increase in bad debts for the December quarter has erased Westpac's strong revenue performance.

SHAREHOLDER: Stuart Wilson

ONE would expect Commonwealth Bank to be meticulous in its capital raisings after its embarrassing attempt to raise money from...

UPDATE: Bill Lindsay

IAG has warned its first-half profit will fall 96 per cent as investment income was savaged by weak equity markets.

UPDATE: Lyndal McFarland

WESTPAC has suffered a sharp increase in troubled debts in its first quarter and says it will review its dividend payout levels.

UPDATE: Cynthia Koons

PERPETUAL'S first-half profit plummeted 84 per cent as the global financial crisis weighed on the fund manager.

Iain McDonald

INSURANCE Australia Group says that it plans to raise around $500 million and expects a first-half net profit of only $4 million.

Lyndal McFarland

WESTPAC said today its first-quarter earnings fell around 2 per cent, weighed down by a near six-fold increase in bad debt charges.

Adele Ferguson

THE corporate regulator ASIC pipped the Australian Securities Exchange at the post yesterday.

Matthew Franklin and Nicola Berkovic

THE AWU has attacked Rio Tinto as a blackmailer trying to pressure the Rudd Government into backing its plans to to sell up to China.

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Company Name	Price	Change		%Change
FlexiGroup	0.39	+7.9	UP	+20.31%
China Century Capital	0.03	+0.5	UP	+17.39%
Asian Masters Fund	0.85	+6.5	UP	+7.59%
Templeton Global	0.76	+3.7	UP	+4.86%
TOWER	1.29	+4.1	UP	+3.2%
iShares MSCI South Korea	37.88	-324.6	Down	-8.57%
India Equities Fund	0.33	-3.2	Down	-9.59%
E & A	0.26	-3.5	Down	-13.34%
GoldLink IncomePlus Limited	0.02	-0.3	Down	-15.00%
CommQuest	0.03	-0.8	Down	-25.00%