Daily FNArena News - Australia

Weekly update on recommendation, target price, and earnings forecast changes.

FNArena’s weekly update on short positions in the Australian share market.

Brokers update their views on the Australian Big Banks post the bank result season.

FNArena provides a weekly update of Australian listed corporate bond issues, current pricing and yield data.

A wrap of the day’s activity on the Australian stock market.

Spark Infrastructure has acquired a stake in peer DUET Group via a complex derivative trade which has thrown up all sorts of possibilities in the utilities sector.

A bid from private equity firm KKR for Treasury Wine has surprised brokers as they struggle to find the value proposition underpinning the proposal.

Bradken will restructure its manufacturing base, which brokers welcome, but the company has also downgraded earnings guidance for FY14.

DuluxGroup’s first half results were strong but brokers are wary about just how much upside will come from the housing recovery.

IOOF’s planned merger with SFG Australia is expected to provide both scale and diversity, raising the wealth manager’s profile substantially.