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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... Copper prices climbed higher for a fifth straight day and zinc, lead and tin also were stronger. Aluminium and nickel lost ground. The big miners were stronger, with BHP Billiton finding 67 cents, or 1.82 per cent, to $37.58 by 1024 AEDT, while Rio Tinto ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... 22,921.67. WELLINGTON - The NZ sharemarket reversed early losses with a modest two-point gain today, making up a little ground after yesterday's worst finish so far this year. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed at 3574.84, having been down 18 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... cent rise in US markets overnight as well as positive performances by the big diversified miners, which had recovered some ground lost yesterday. BHP Billiton had added 47 cents to $36.32 at 1202 AEDT, while its takeover target Rio Tinto had gained $3.13 ...

Best Advice close to federation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... advisories resources. "Project Star is about putting together a federation where companies will all be the same on the ground in terms of what they do with clients, but we're developing a national supporting service entity and holding company to enable ...

ING IM and Credit Agricole win $1.1b Philippine mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... allocation consisting of global instruments," Garcia said. "Foreign fund managers on the other hand, have their 'ears on the ground' consistently and would be in a better position to propose an asset allocation." According to Garcia, fund managers had ...

More bulls than bears

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... optimistic because of the strength of domestic commodities market. "You might experience a different perspective on the ground than you do overseas. In Australia they've had the commodity boom and because that's a large proportion of the economy and ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... points to 5,579 on 29,146 contracts. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said although the local market was gaining ground, investors were too focused on news coming from distressed companies, such as unlisted broker Tricom Equities. "We've been ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher as Wall Street gained ground on the prospect that the US central bank will lift interest rates again and base metal prices generally were up. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets tonight ...

Direct equities gain ground in platforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Fund managers can't afford to be complacent after leading platform groups noted a marked shift of fund flows to direct equities instead of managed funds. Anthony Waldron, superannuation and investment manager at MLC, said that while inflows into their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... time in five sessions, climbing 2.07 per cent as exporters such as Honda Motor Co Ltd gained after the dollar recovered ground against the yen. The benchmark average ended the session up 278.94 points, at 13,783.45. HONG KONG - Blue chips rose, a day ...