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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from overseas markets, with Wall Street's main indices closing slightly higher, and commodities and metals prices weaker. At 0725 AEDT the on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share ...

Ascalon buys more stake in H3

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Ascalon Capital Managers has acquired another 15 per cent in absolute return fund manager H3 Global Advisors, increasing its overall equity position to 45 per cent. Terms were not disclosed. "This further increase in our equity stake reflects our confidence ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Long-time economist Don Stammer described Australia's economy as the 'most potent' in the world, shrugging off the financial crisis like no other - but it faces serious challenges this year and next. Stammer was one of six leading economists that presented ...

Blue chips back in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Cyclical stocks may be on top of many investors' lists but one fund manager said the time is ripe to get back to blue chips, too. Kate Howitt, portfolio manager with Fidelity's Australianequities team, said 2010 will favour prudent investors as the ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Gold's spectacular run in 2009 appears to have run out of puff this early in the New Year. The yellow metal produced a hefty 27.1 per cent return last year as prices jumped from US$862.20 per ounce in January 2009 to a high of US$1,212.00 an ounce on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
The Australian share market remained in positive territory at noon following positive results from media group News Corp and gains among the resources giants. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.5 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 4,628.8 ...

Merger creates $16bn mortgage aggregator

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
The $16-billion plus mortgage aggregator Vow Financial, part-owned by Macquarie Group, could pose a new threat to financial planning firms after the group's head said they also plan to start offering non-mortgage financial products. The merger includes ...

HOSTPLUS pushes into GC retail market

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
HOSTPLUS continues to defy convention by opening a retail shop in Queensland - the first time a non-profit super fund is opening its doors directly to the public and another signal that the Victorian fund is not afraid to expand aggressively outside ...

Sign Say on Pay: CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
The California Public Employees' Retirement System has signed a letter from institutional investors urging financial companies to support the shareowner advisory vote on executive compensation. CalPERS was among approximately 30 investors that signed ...

RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
"It was an art and act I came to perfect. It was part of my armoury. I felt if my opponent didn't know what I was thinking then I was invincible." Bjorn Borg The Australian Open might be finished but yesterday we had the RBA mixing its play to win game ...