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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... Japan's nuclear crisis had prompted some investors to seek the safety of the precious metal. "It looks like they are having a safe haven day," Mr Bishop said. Among the big movers in gold, Gold One International had advanced four cents, or 10.53 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... points. TOKYO - Japanese shares closed lower on Wednesday after Tokyo authorities said levels of radioactive iodine exceeded safe limits for infants for two consecutive days amid a deepening food radiation scare. Profit-taking also set in on Wednesday ...

Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... hydrocarbons since 1976. Second largest was Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global, with US$530.6 billion followed by China's SAFE Investment Company with US$347.1 billion. Globally, sovereign wealth funds have grown their assets under management ...

Ratings houses silent on Japan fund fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Research houses Morningstar, Lonsec and Standard and Poor's say it is too early to tell what the fallout from the Japan earthquake disaster will be on the superannuation industry. Financial markets have been roiled, affecting super fund investments. ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... in Europe and the America's also fell, though not at the same magnitude as that of Japan's. Commodity prices - including safe-havens gold and silver - also fell. Even oil. West Texas crude is now trading below US$100 a barrel even as news reports tell ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly weaker at noon as market jitters over the devastation in Japan escalate with news of another explosion at a nuclear power plant. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 100.65 US cents, down from Monday's ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
US treasuries may fall in value following the Japanese earthquake, with fixed-interest fund managers assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... in the past month, stocks have been climbing steadily since September. LONDON - European and Asian equities slid and the safe-haven yen rose in volatile trade Friday after a huge earthquake in Japan, the world's third-largest economy, as dealers also ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... on Wall Street and in Europe clearly higher. Oil and precious metals fell, as investors turned away from their search for safe havens. On the ASX 24 at 0723 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 49 points higher at 4,851. There is no ...

Let the games begin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Financial services regulator ASIC this morning released its timetable for the introduction of market competition, which will allow Chi-X Australia to compete head to head with the ASX, and said the new market integrity rules (MIRs) should be in place ...