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AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... Shamu said. "And I think investors are being cautious in the lead up to that," he said. Mr Shamu said mining and energy stocks were among the weakest on Monday. Woodside Petroleum was down 71 cents, or two per cent, to $34.04 following another slide ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... points. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 28 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 5,788.0 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have ended lower on renewed anxiety over falling oil prices and the rising US dollar. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... cent, at 5,850.2. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 52.7 points, or 0.91 per cent, at 5,816.0. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have snapped a two-day losing streak, surging after big US banks cleared Federal Reserve stress tests and the dollar retreated ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... interest rate was helping the banks but weak commodities and oil prices are prompting investors to avoid mining and energy stocks. "I think this is all keeping people just a little bit cautious, and hence why there's no real moves in the market," he ...

Perennial to raise capital for Aussie equities LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Perennial's Wealth Defender investment strategy, based on a diversified portfolio of Australian companies, with an overweight to stocks outside the ASX top 20, as compared with the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index. The company's independent board ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... heavy losses linked to US interest rate rise fears but still closed lower with commodity prices putting pressure on mining stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 5,793.2. The broader All Ordinaries index was down ...

How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Investors can get two-thirds of the excess return offered by private equity from targeted listed stocks, according to researchers from State Street and Windham Capital Management who say this nullifies the need to allocate to the asset class unless ...

Altair appoints heads of research

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... holds a PhD in Medicine and has had a career that includes medical research roles and extensive experience in analysing stocks and managing equity portfolios. "For Altair, it is all about creating and delivering an institutional investment approach/solution ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... McCarthy said the local bourse was bouncing back after Monday's negative momentum with the banks, telcos and healthcare stocks leading the way. "The yield play is back on," he said. "It looks like the start of the European Central Bank's buying program ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... cent, at 5,821.3. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 75.6 points, or 1.29 per cent, at 5,793. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have notched solid gains following the launch of Apple's smartwatch and a General Motors announcement of $US5 billion ($A6.4 ...