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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... news is quiet with only second tier data released today. On Wednesday, Australian shares fell more than two per cent, amid heavy losses from the banking sector and reports that US-based KKR Financial had delayed debt repayments. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... Committee for Economic Development of Australia. The RBA also releases minutes of its February board meeting. On Monday, heavy losses from the banks led the market lower with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ending 48.2 points lower at 5558.4, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... Seng Index added 852.13 points tot 24,021.68 WELLINGTON - The sharemarket inched up 0.1 per cent, gaining ground despite heavy falls for some high flying stocks. The benchmark NZSX-50 index firmed 4.6 points at 3550.41.

QIC tops up Pengana mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... rewarded." The Global Volatility Fund won Standard & Poor's Product of the Year in August last year. QIC managed to avoid heavy losses in the past six months after it gradually reduced its Australian equities allocation by 24.3 per cent since 2005 to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... PARIS - The CAC-40 index lost 205.78 points, or 4.25 per cent, to 4636.76 TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei rebounded from two days of heavy losses after a surprise rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. The Nikkei gained 256.01 points to close at 12,829.06. HONG ...

Financial sector holds gains: Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... number of these businesses have been able to go out and receive capital from new investors, which means they've suffered some heavy write-downs but financially, from a credit perspective, they're still in ok shape." According to Scobie, it would be harder ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... market down, with stocks like Allco, Babcock & Brown and Challenger taking a bit of a hit: essentially, any company with heavy reliance on gearing or debt are really coming under the microscope at the moment, with heavy selling," Mr Walker said. "The ...

Too little too late

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... losses were revelations that Investment bank Merrill Lynch had followed its third quarter US$8.4 billion blowout (due to heavy writedowns totaling US$16.5 billion worth of sub prime mortgages and bonds) with an annual net loss of US$9.8 billion. Meantime ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
The Australian stock market had continued its bloodletting at noon, falling more than two per cent in response to more heavy falls on Wall Street overnight and investor uncertainty over a possible global economic meltdown. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Super funds to hold firm despite market crisis

... allocation to alternative assets, which are largely illiquid, barely batted an eyelid in the current turmoil. Alternatives-heavy MTAA Super leads the scoreboard with an average 16.8 per cent return in the year to November 2007. By contrast, more than ...