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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket was almost four per cent higher at midday, following a solid lead from New York and as investors snapped up shares across the board. CMC Markets senior dealer Dominic Vaughn said confidence returned as local investors jumped ...

US property still has upside

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
US residential property may be in freefall but the institutional investment property market is quite another story, according to CB Richard Ellis Investors. In their "Navigating Stormy Seas: the US real estate investment outlook" report, Doug Herzbrun ...

The looming inflationary upswing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
The good news is that inflation may be slowly tempering, but the bad news is that long term water prices may double and fuel prices may triple. Yesterday, the Reserve Bank in its monetary policy statement said, "There is tentative evidence that some ...

Retail profits, currency price cuts and ag-flation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Fighting inflation may be the government's number one policy fight right now, but another should be fighting contradictory policy suggestions and forcing retailers to pass on currency induced price cuts. Australia's major economic debate is how the ...

Investment fees jump 50pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
A growing appetite for alternative investments has led to superannuation funds paying 50 per cent more on investment fees than five years ago, according to Watson Wyatt. The report titled, A fairer deal on fees, found investment fees, on average, had ...

New era for investment analysts

The unprecedented demand for alternative investments in the past two years has turned the world of the investment analyst completely upside down and has inspired the industry's leading experts to go back to "school" to teach the new rules. The Investment ...

CFDs to act as shield: CMC

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Contract for difference (CFD) provider CMC Markets ups its stake in the financial planning industry and self directed self-managed super funds (SMSF) investors with the launch of its Shield Account product. According to Nic Blakemore, head of distribution ...

Wealth management buoys AXA profits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings today announced a four per cent profit after tax dive to $638.7 million for 2007, but its wealth management business continues to report strong growth. The firm reported a 20 per cent boost to its operating earnings for 2007 ...

India dominates global IPO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
The volatile Indian stock market may have been hit harder than stock markets in the developed world during January but it hasn't frightened companies that believe in its upside, judging on latest global IPO data. The Indian market wide NIFTY index from ...

Reputex to tap $554bn sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Reputex has released its Future Energy Index Series ahead of forecasts that revenue in global alternative energy and water industries will increase six-fold to $554 billion in 12 years. The Future Energy Index Series covers all aspects of the global ...