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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
The Australian share market was up more than half a per cent at noon, buoyed by mining and retail stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 31 points, or 0.66 per cent, at 4,737.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

Canadian pensions pounce on Aus toll road firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Canada Pension Plan and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, two of the biggest pension plans in Canada, set its sights on Australian-based toll road owner and operator group, Transurban. Australia's super fund infrastructure asset strategy appears to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory after strong leads from Wall Street. At 0813 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 23 points higher at 4,544. In economic news on Thursday ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Three cheers for the US economy! Hip, hip...hooray! Hip, hip...hooray! Hip, hip... Last night it became official - the US economy was reborn, growing by a better-than-expected 3.5 per cent annualised in the third quarter. Note that I didn't say out ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower as mixed economic data gave Wall Street a mixed day of trading. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 21 points lower at 4,743. In economic news ...

Aviva SMA attracts $10m in six weeks

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Aviva's separately managed account (SMA) has attracted nearly $10 million in financial planning client investment after six weeks. The Aviva SMA is available on more than 20 dealer groups and over 50 financial advisers have used the structure for client ...

Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Head fake. So which one is the head fake? The Dow climbing past 10,000 or the Dow sinking below 10K? Over the past three trading days, the Dow has been playing seesaw on the 10,000 fulcrum -- over 10K Thursday, under 10K Friday, over 10K Monday. To ...

AMP all aboard CFS, Navigator and Macq platforms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
AMP Capital Investors' Capital Asian Equity Growth and Corporate Bond Fund have been added to a number of Colonial First State, Navigator and Macquarie platforms. The AMP Capital Asian Equity Growth Fund has been added to Colonial First State FirstWrap ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after takeover optimism drove US stocks higher overnight. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 56 points higher at 4744. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open flat on Monday, led by losses on Wall Street and after a week of strong gains in most major markets. The Gold miners may gain after the price of the precious metal jumped while energy stocks may slump ...