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Treasury seeks brokers to run partial privatisation for retail investors

Treasury seeks brokers to run partial privatisation for retail investors

By Paul McBeth May 29 (BusinessDesk) - The Treasury wants a list of brokers who will target retail investors in shares of partially privatised energy companies. The department is seeking to appoint a panel of firms for the retail, or so-called "Mum and Dad" component of the gov...

29 May 2012
Strategic Finance investors get another 1.5 cents in the dollar, receiver says

Strategic Finance investors get another 1.5 cents in the dollar, receiver says

By Paul McBeth May 29 (BusinessDesk) - Investors in Strategic Finance got paid another 1.5 cents in every dollar they had put into the failed lender this month, and are still facing a best-case scenario of clawing back 26 percent of their principal, according to the latest recei...

28 May 2012
NZ dollar holds above 76 US cents on prospects Greece will avoid a euro-exit

NZ dollar holds above 76 US cents on prospects Greece will avoid a euro-exit

By Hannah Lynch May 29 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar held above 76 US cents on prospects Greece will avoid a euro-exit after polls showed the nation's pro-bailout party gaining ground, boosting demand for higher- yielding assets, such as the kiwi. The New Zealand doll...

28 May 2012