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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
... as of August this year. About 40,000 additional workers are needed in the construction industry as a result of the commodities led boom of which about 32,000 are required in WA. South Australian Industry and Commerce groups have been pressuring their ...

State Super hands mandates to Fidelity and Alliance Bernstein

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... a mandate in the global listed property sector and is considering allocations to a hedge fund of funds and to the commodities futures sector. "Global property will be our next appointment before the end of the year," said Fabian. "But we are also considering ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower following flat trading on Wall Street and mixed commodities prices overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract had fallen 14 points to 5047 at 0755 AEST. Today ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... Austock Brokers senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said that the share market had taken its lead from stronger commodities prices as there were no major moves on the US market. "The American market was a bit each way last night," he said. "So with ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... on a volume of 7,308 contracts. Man Financial broker Anthony Anderson said takeover speculation, interest rates and commodities were dictating what had been a largely quiet morning. "It's been something of a low volume day with the big miners weaker ...

New Sydney FOHF entrant wins global award

... fund of hedge funds across different strategies ranging from global macro and multi-strategy to long-short equity, commodities and Asia. The group has decided to set up an Australian base as its headquarters for the Asian region. As for their investment ...

Future Fund keeps capital deployment close to its chest

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
Trade with China and commodities are still the mainstays of the Australian economy, said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, at a Fidelity Investments forum yesterday, while speculating that it could be a year or more before Future Fund capital is deployed. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open higher, helped by a positive lead from Wall Street and higher commodities prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 28 points at 4,988 at 0749 AEST. The Australian Bureau ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
... - Stocks leapt 2.54 percent to a six-week high, as easing interest rate worries sparked a broad-based rally led by commodities and property shares. The Hang Seng index gained 402.4 points to 16,267.62, for a gain on the week of 458.81 points or 2.9 percent. ...

Hyperion wins $230m Auscoal mandate

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
... than the cash rate, then we invest in them." And while many growth managers have been riding on the success of the commodities boom, Pohl attributed their recent performance to picking marked down consumer discretionary stocks. "We have had very little ...