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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... Hong Kong share prices closed up 0.47 per cent on Thursday as higher crude prices boosted energy giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation. The benchmark Hang Seng index rose 99.39 points to 21,392.71. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket edged ...

The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... "punched above their weight" in terms of the size of the local market and how much local fund managers manage on behalf of offshore investors. This is because of the world-leading innovations that have started from Australia such as platforms and wraps ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... points to end at 21,949.75. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares turned negative, but managed to avoid heavier falls seen offshore after Wall Street was sold off. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 23.5 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 3295.68.

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... barrel overnight following the US National Hurricane Center's comment that Tropical Storm Dolly will likely skirt most US offshore production and refining facilities. Gold prices fell by 1.7 percent to US$947.40 an ounce. Meanwhile, comments from Philadelphia ...

Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... to 1.2 percent from the previous forecast of 1.5 percent as higher energy prices slows domestic spending and weakening offshore growth reduces exports. Today, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens will talk on the "Challenges for Economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... WELLINGTON - NZ stocks plumbed new three-year lows today despite a mildly positive start, succumbing to pressure from offshore markets and worse than expected inflation. The benchmark NZSX-50 index fell 39.7 points, or 1.3 percent, to 3040.5.

Challenger recycles capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Less than a year ago Challenger Financial Services Group raised more than $260 million from a couple of optimistic, offshore investors, one of whom paid what now looks like a fortune for nothing more than an option to buy shares in the company. Now ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... share market recovered almost all of Thursday's losses, buoyed by bargain hunters stepping in after markets steadied offshore. The NZSX-50 benchmark index, which fell 69 points on Thursday, closed up 63.5 points, or two per cent, to 3157.9. Turnover ...

Fidelity tops growth funds list: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... who has continued to produce impressive risk-adjusted returns and appears committed to the role long-term. Domestic and offshore-based analysts provide stock coverage, and form part of the manager's extensive global-research network." Overall, Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... three-year low on Tuesday, depressed by a 15-year low for top stock Telecom, investor caution, and continued selling by offshore investors. The NZSX-50 benchmark index shed 19.3 points, or 0.6 per cent, to close at 3,175.3.