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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is receiving a sharp boost from trading offshore overnight, after Wall Street surged on positive US economic data and commodities prices rose strongly. At 0719 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
Boing! That's the sound heard all over Wall Street overnight - the sound of rebounding US eco stats, that is. The Street jumped high and pushed the S&P 500 up by 1.1% to its highest close since the 10th of May and 10 points shy of the three-year summit ...

BetaShares targets active ETF traders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
BetaShares Capital has provided investors with two leveraged trading tools to enable them to actively trade ETF products on the Australian market. In partnership with Citigroup, BetaShares has launched two 'MINIs' over its resources and financial sector ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was down at noon, but off its morning lows, as investors remained concerned about European and US debt, following the release of positive employment data in late morning. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 7.3 ...

Medicare to handle compassionate super payouts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
The government has relieved the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) of its duties to administer the early release of superannuation on compassionate grounds, handing the responsibility to Medicare. Only around $1.5 million of super savings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was expected to open slightly lower today, despite a mildly positive performance by Wall Street overnight, but after commodities were mixed. At 0715 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was down eight points ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
What the...? I don't think Wall Street was in the mood for any bad news last night. There were plenty - but they were ignored. There were much more negative reports overnight than the scares we already know dished out by the credit-raters the day before. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Losses in the banking sector dragged the Australian stock market down slightly at noon. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down eight points, or 0.17 per cent, at 4,590.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 9.4 points ...

Bennelong appoints distribution specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed asset management veteran Roger Phipps to join its distribution team, based in Melbourne. Phipps, formerly of MAB Funds Management, Legg Mason Asset Management and HSBC Asset Management, joins as a director, working ...

Telstra Super majority returns above 10%

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Telstra Super annual returns scored double digits for the last financial year, with six out of its nine accumulated investment options performing above 10%. This is the second consecutive year with promising results, according to the large corporate ...