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Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Something out of the "new ordinary" happened overnight. Wall Street climbed at the same time that the US dollar exchange rate went up. My trusted data source - Bloomberg - reported that, "The dollar strengthened against 13 of 16 major counterparts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with European equities markets strong, while Wall Street was flat to mixed. Commodities were lower and the US dollar rose. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0702 AEDT, the ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE ) and Echo Capital are targeting foreign investors with new property products in Australia after the May budget revised the national withholding tax rate to a more favourable 7.5 per cent. The new strategic alliance, MITSA (Managed ...

Sunsuper building gets green tick

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
The Green Building Council of Australia has awarded a 5 star rating for Coronation Drive Office Park Building 4 - a property jointly owned by AMP's Australian Core Property Portfolio and Sunsuper. The council awarded the '5 Star Green Star Office As ...

ESI Super boosts advice tech

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
Industry fund ESI Super has improved the technology behind advice delivery to its members, signing up for Provisio Technologies' rapid advice delivery software. ESI Super will use the new technology to deliver defined scope advice to its members, which ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, boosted by the resources sector after strong commodity prices overnight. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.1 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 4,641.0, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
The Australian market has received strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0630 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was 32 points higher at 4,664 points. In economics news on Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was 1.3 per cent lower in intra-day trading, with offshore currency plays and China's surprise interest rate hike weighing on the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 63.6 points, or 1.37 per cent ...

AvSuper awards hedge fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
AvSuper has appointed $25 million each to Fauchier Partners and Aurora as the fund ramps up its hedge fund strategies. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of Canberra-based AvSuper, said the $50 million mandates are part of the funding for the super ...