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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... not seen since October last year. In Paris the CAC 40 sank 3.63 per cent to 3,939.72 points, falling below the 4,000 mark for the first time since the summer of 2013. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose, with bargain-hunters providing some lift after recent ...

Prominent families back Future Generation philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and high profile manufacturing dynasty, the Smorgon family, are among the initial investors in the Future Generation Investment Fund, which has officially commenced trading on the ASX. The new philanthropically-focused ...

Challenger adds firepower to annuities business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... funds within Challenger Life to $11.1 billion. "This year our sales are up 28% and they've been growing at around the 30% mark for a series of years," Benari said. "We apply a lot of capital against our annuities versus what a bank would put against ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... retreated slightly in the first session of trading since the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed above the 17,000 point mark for the first time. "We're caught in a conflict with consumer confidence falling away slightly in the most recent week but business ...

Dalton Nicol Reid wins $40m Intrust mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Intrust Super has awarded a $40m mandate to Australian equities fund manager, Dalton Nicol Reid. Intrust is a boutique $1.6 billion industry super fund based in Queensland for the hospitality sector with 130,000 members and 10,000 employers. The mandate ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Dividends paid by the world's listed companies burst through the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever in 2013, according to the Henderson Global Dividend Index, a new quarterly report analysing equity income from around the world. The report revealed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... market has started the day strongly, with both the S&P/ASX200 and the All Ordinaries pushing back above the 5200 point mark for the first time in more than a week. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the market was taking its lead from the US, where ...

ETFs pass $10 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
Funds under management (FUM) in Australian-listed exchange-traded products (ETPs) have passed the $10 billion mark for the first time. According to numbers from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), funds in ETPs were at less than half their current ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... points, or 0.08 per cent, at 5,357.0. NEW YORK - US stocks ticked slightly higher, but the Nasdaq surged past the 4,000 mark for the first time in 13 years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the session flat, with a mere 0.26 point gain pushing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... cent to 6,695.66 points, and the CAC 40 in Paris rose 0.43 per cent to 4,295.43 points after briefly breaking the 4,300 mark for the first time since the financial crisis hit in late 2008. The US Labor Department posted tepid numbers for September job ...