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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open little change, from last week's positive finish. At 0708 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up eight points at 4163. In economic news, on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Australian shares extended their early gains at noon, with the market almost two per cent higher as investors become optimistic that European leaders are approaching a resolution of the Eurozone debt crisis. The market opened 1.5 per cent higher after ...

Future2 cyclists cross the finish line

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Future2 trustees and fellow cyclists will arrive in Sydney's Martin Place this afternoon, where the Lord Mayor Clover Moore will welcome them. After 1158 km, 9274 metres of climbing and over 39 hours on their bicycles, Future2 trustees Ray Griffin and ...

Insto investors stand by equity risk models

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Global institutional investors believe that employing a variety of equity risk models is a key component of portfolio construction, retaining faith in them to help during a financial crisis, according to an MSCI survey. More than 600 portfolio managers ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Now that's what I'm talking about. See what a little concerted, decisive action does. Global equity markets rallied following news that the European Central Bank, in coordination with the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Four major super funds have joined forces to create a set of principles on how hedge fund managers should operate and manage risk - a move designed to improve investor confidence and stimulate more mandates into the asset class. ARIA, Local Government ...

New risk technologies shifting industry power

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
New technologies are empowering individual investors to assess the risk of their investments through institutions, as post trade management enables real time data on asset exposure. Large banks and other financial institutions have invested far more ...

New property fund built for average earners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Public offer superannuation fund, TIC Super, has launched a new residential property fund targeting middle Australia. The TIC Diversified Australian Residential Property Fund (DARP) aims to provide low risk exposure to property investments for people ...

ASIC opens dialogue with hedge funds

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Greg Medcraft told the Alternative Investment Association (AIMA) Australian Hedge Fund Forum in Sydney that greater regulatory focus on the hedge fund industry is a post-GFC fact of life, but that it is part of a new dialogue. The new ASIC chairman ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Australian shares were up more than 1.5 per cent by noon, but had shed some of their earlier gains as the initial enthusiasm of buyers waned. At the open the market bounced back from a weak close on Wednesday after a rally on European and US markets ...