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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads overnight, with all three key Wall Street indices higher, along with precious metals and copper, although the price of crude oil fell again. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open moderately higher after equities in the US and Europe gained on a report that showed job cuts in the US slowed sharply in November. At 0749 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on Tuesday after Wall Street fell due to the impact of a stronger US dollar on multinational and resource companies. At 0721 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Challenger takes annuities to platforms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Challenger has launched its Guaranteed Income fund, a unitised annuity investment fund onto the BT Wrap platform following financial planner demand for more income products. The fund invests in annuities issued by Challenger Life and investors can select ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open higher after US stocks and metals prices gained overnight. At 0724 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 28 points higher at 4460. In economic news on Friday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The Australian share market may fall a little further on Tuesday after equity markets around the world slumped overnight on concerns about heavy losses in Chinese stocks on Monday. At 0718 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to open lower after a weak lead from Wall Street and a broad-based commodities retreat. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 48 points lower at 3,975. In economic news on ...

Passive managers win insto favour

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
State Street Global Advisors is experiencing an influx of passive style investment mandates as Aussie instos continue favouring passive managers. Robert Goodlad, senior managing director of State Street Global Advisors Australia, said State Street had ...

US fixed interest SRI beats market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... Pamela DeBolt, author of the Cerulli Quantitative Update: Retail Products and Strategies 2009. Causing the stir among US investors is how SRI fixed-income funds have out-performed traditional funds by four percentage points in the past 12 months. According ...

US firm launches hedge fund rep ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
US investors can now access a liquid and transparent hedge fund replication strategy after IndexIQ launched the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF on the New York Stock Exchange. The New York based firm's exchange traded fund (ETF) seeks to replicate ...