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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian stock market has opened more than one per cent lower following a weak result in the US on Friday night and as Westpac shares went ex-dividend. US stocks ended the week mired in red on Friday as investors shrugged off US inflation and ...

Winton Capital wins Future Fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Australia's Future Fund has awarded a new mandate to London-based alternative investment firm, Winton Capital Management. The $74.6 billion Future Fund, set up to help future Australian Governments pay the cost of public sector superannuation liabilities ...

Future Fund dabbles in India

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Australia's Future Fund has awarded a new mandate to US-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners. The world's 13th largest sovereign wealth fund with $74.6 billion worth of assets under management issued the mandate to Bessemer some time ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
The Australian market was firmly in the red at noon, down about one per cent as investor concern continues over the high Australian dollar ahead of the central bank's interest rates decision. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 52.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Indicators are strong for the last day of local trading before the five-day Easter break, with robust, positive leads from trading offshore overnight in securities and commodities. At 0715 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
The Australian market has received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities indices and key commodities all lower. At 0652 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 30 points lower at 4,887 points. In ...

HSBC targets super funds with China access

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... products and a senior appointment. The main products it will be pushing are Asian equities, Asian Fixed interest and China A shares, "a highly differentiating opportunity for us to provide exposure to Australian clients," said Geoffrey Pidgeon, head ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The Australian stock market was more than half a per cent higher at noon as speculation re-emerged that Shell could sell its stake in Woodside to BHP. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 28.4 points higher, or 0.59 per cent, at 4,866.3 ...

New Berkshire fund buys Buffet

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... The JB Global Berkshire Hathaway Income and Equity Accelerator gives investors exposure to the US company whose Class A shares may otherwise be too expensive for individuals to buy. Investors in the JB Global fund will pay a 10 per cent performance fee ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving clear, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all three key Wall Street indices substantially higher, as were European and Asian markets. Gold was flat but higher, oil was higher, but silver and copper ...