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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger on gains from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0747 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 42 points at 5,492. The Reserve Bank of Australia releases October financial ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
The Australian stockmarket was remained weaker at noon, with softer banking and resources stocks contributing to the fall, after a negative lead from the US. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had lost 67.8 points to to 5384.4, while the all ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open softer on a weak lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0720 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down 10 points at 5,436. Companies having their annual general meetings today ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
The Australian dollar was weaker at noon today, despite strong Japanese economic data helping the local unit recover some of its overnight losses. At 1200 AEDT the domestic unit was at $US0.7637/41, down from yesterday's close of 0.7673/79. During the ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
Emerging market fund flows are at a virtual stasis after recent volatility and a large scale capital exodus in June, according to the latest figures released by Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR). Emerging market fund flows were virtually stagnant ...

Tread carefully in listed property: Perennial

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
Global listed property has become a vast and opportunistic frontier, with expected sweeping property securitisation feeding the hungry investment hordes. But the landscape isn't all sure under foot, said Perennial. Speaking at the Perennial Global Listed ...

CSF awards $26m fixed income mandate to IXIS

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
Catholic Superannuation Fund (CSF) has awarded a $26 million fixed income mandate to IXIS Asset Management Australia for investment in a fund jointly developed with Loomis Sayles & Company. The IXIS Loomis Sayles Credit Opportunities Fund was jointly ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
US financial markets took a beating overnight with the stock market, the bond market and the US dollar all retreating. The S&P 500 index fell by 1.8 per cent - the worst performance since January 20, the Dow Jones average fell by a similar 1.8 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply lower as weakness in global equity markets paints a bleak picture for the domestic bourse. While precious metal and oil prices both made slight gains overnight, weaker equity markets - with European ...

Select gold up 118 per cent in just 12 months

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
Gold fever and the commodities boom has pushed the Select Gold Fund up a staggering 118 per cent in just the last 12 months. This performance surge is 42 percentage points more than the FTSE Gold Mines Index and 71 percentage points more than the Gold ...