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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... fragile export-reliant recovery is particularly dependent on China-bound exports, after demand slowed from the crisis-hit United States and Europe. Exporters were hit by the yen's strength against the US dollar and the euro, dealers said. HONG KONG - ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... negative territory at noon with political uncertainty at home combining with ongoing worries about overseas debt and the United States economy to place weight on the market. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 33.8 points, or 0.77 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... gathering for a summit in Toronto, where differences in US and European economic strategies were threatening to emerge, the United States again issued a downward correction to its growth figures. The news dampened sentiment in Europe, where investors ...

CFSGAM studies infrastructure ESG risk

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... develop a course for the infrastructure team on the environmental and social issues facing the asset class. CFSGAM signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) in 2007. Perry Clausen, global co-head of CFSGAM Infrastructure ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... have embarked on deep fiscal austerity measures. China, Japan and Canada are also in this camp. And just last night, the United Kingdom upped the tempo. Swept into power by its pledge of fiscal austerity, the UK's Conservative-led Coalition announced ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... Australian share market is set to open slightly higher on Thursday as BP's agreement on a $US20 billion fund for victims of the United States oil spill lifted Wall Street to a modest gain. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said volumes were low as investors awaited the release of employment data in the United States on Friday night (AEST). "That's probably softened the effect today, but commodities were all sold down last night so ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... Ordinaries index fell 16.9 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 4,436.7 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street took a late dive after the United States government said it was starting criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Dow Jones ...

CFSGAM targets global trends with commodities fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... range of factors including a burgeoning global population is putting finite resources under pressure. According to the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank, the world's population will grow from 6.5 billion people in 2005 to over 9 billion people by ...