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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... nearly seven years on the strength of technology stocks like Google Inc. The web search engine's shares topped the $700 mark for the first time after reports it may soon break into the phone market. Stocks initially declined, then rose after the Fed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... Street on hopes that the fallout from the US subprime lending sector had bottomed. The Hang Seng Index cleared the 28,000-mark for the first time to end up 1,057.28 points at 28,199.75. WELLINGTON - Telecom returned to its traditional dominance on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... move was on the cards. The Hang Seng Index closed up 634.86 points to 27,065.15, having earlier moved past the 27,000 mark for the first time to make a sixth-straight life high. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares ended flat, with little news to provide ...

The great Australian FM shuffle

Who is managing your money? According to a new report, more than a third of household names in Australian equities fund management lost a key portfolio manager or analyst in the last seven months, changing the balance of power and muscle in the local ...

BlackRock scoops record $1.1bn quant mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
BlackRock has won a $1.1 billion Australian equities mandate from Mercer Global Investments. It is the largest quantitative mandate Blackrock has received and is worth a third of their existing $3.5 billion in assets under management. Ken Liow, head ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... help tackle the subprime mortgage problem fuelled investor optimism. The benchmark Hang Seng Index crossed the 24,000-mark for the first time, setting a new high at 24,089.00. It closed up 499.60 points to end at 23,984.14, rising 1,062.25 points from ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... for the year. The Nasdaq Composite Index slumped 43.12 points, or 1.70 per cent, to 2,499.12, closing below the 2,500 mark for the first time since April 13. Industrial metals fell sharply overnight on the London Metal Exchange as persistent worries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... for the year. The Nasdaq Composite Index slumped 43.12 points, or 1.70 per cent, to 2,499.12, closing below the 2,500 mark for the first time since April 13. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index fell 1.2 per cent as credit market fears returned to global ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

An asset allocation expert from leading index manager Vanguard has put forward the case for a portfolio construction model that invests around 40 per cent in active strategies. In a whistlestop visit to Australia, Nelson Wicas, a US based principal ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... 6,671.41. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed up 76.79 points to 5,458.95. TOKYO - The Nikkei average moved over the 17,000 mark for the first time since March 13, fuelled by exporters advancing after the dollar rose by more than a yen. The Nikkei increased ...