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Basis Capital takes top hedge funds honour

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... Basis Capital took home the award for Australian Hedge Fund of the Year with its Basis Aust-Rim Opportunity Fund at last night's Hedge Funds Rock awards presentation. Held at Sydney's Home nightclub, 550 attendees were on hand for the fifth annual Hedge ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... Australia in calling for developing countries to reduce agricultural trade protection. Prime Minister John Howard said last night that whilst Australia's subsidies were only a few per cent, in the US they were in the 20 per cent zone, in the 30-40 per ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... market, but the one exception to that is Macquarie Bank, following better- than- expected forecasts for net income last night," he said. The world's largest miner BHP Billiton shed 55 cents to $24.61, while rival Rio Tinto gave back $1.52 to $65.27. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... somewhat related to the fall in the copper price by 4.6 per cent and a 6.9 per cent fall in the price of zinc the previous night.

Barclays wins S&P top prize

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... (BGI) has taken out the fund manager of the year award at Standard & Poor's annual awards ceremony, held in Sydney last night in association with Morningstar-owned Investor Weekly and IFA trade publications. Also picking up S&P awards were Prime Value ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... propelled the sharemarket into positive territory. The NZSX-50 index finished up four points to 3514.46, in line with a good night on Wall Street

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... 1,301.78. The Nasdaq Composite Index lifted 20.41 points to 2,160.70. NYMEX crude for October delivery settled down $US1.90 last night to $US70.61 a barrel. Back home, mining giant BHP Billiton was up 19 points to $27.66 and rival Rio Tinto climbed 32 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... 5006 at 0809 AEST. The market will be watching Telstra's share price closely today, following the announcement on Friday night that the federal government will sell part of its remaining stake in the telco and put the rest in the Future Fund. Analysts ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... The Australian share market opened slightly higher after an early boost from energy and retail stocks, following a flat night of trading on Wall Street. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.1 points to 5081.3, while the all ordinaries ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... stronger commodities prices as there were no major moves on the US market. "The American market was a bit each way last night," he said. "So with commodity prices doing pretty well it's a green flag for the start of our market." In the US overnight ...