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HOSTPLUS $1bn mandate up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... cash flows, and we have another billion to spend this year," he said. The fund wrapped up its latest board meeting last Friday, and spent a further $100 million on new and existing Aussie equities mandates. Greencape Capital earned a $50 million top-up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... update. The Australian share market closed lower on Monday with little to guide it other than a weak lead from Wall Street on Friday and mostly softer base metals prices. A public holiday in the US on Monday also had traders reluctant to take positions. ...

FuturePlus operations head in shock exit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The operations head at FuturePlus, Bob Biancardi, left the firm last Friday amid tensions between its two owners, LGSS and EISS, the multi-billion dollar government funds currently locked in a power struggle. It is understood that Biancardi was dismissed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... Australian stock market was flat at noon on thin trading, with little to guide the market other than a weak US lead on Friday and mostly softer base metals prices. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.2 points, or 0.03 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after equity and commodity markets declined on Friday on reports that China would take further steps to keep its economy from growing too fast. At 0654 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... at 4,525 on volume of 16,314 contracts. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said the market had dropped sharply since Friday's opening. "There's a good chance we could close down today after some profit-taking before the weekend," Mr Potter said. ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... clearly now, the rain is gone" (Johnny Nash) ============================================= Jobless rate in perspective Friday, 13 March 2009 9:40am 'Job losses worst for 18 years' (AFR). 'Australian Jobless Rate Climbs to 4-Year High of 5.2%' (Bloomberg). ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... market drifted lower after receiving mixed signals from offshore and as investors waited for Telecom to report earnings on Friday. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 11.5 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 3093.5, after starting the day in positive territory. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... CBA was up 56 cents at $53.23, NAB was 13 cents higher at $25.44 and Westpac rose 28 cents to $22.89. On Wall Street on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 10 points or 0.1 per cent thanks to a late rally after being down as much as 160 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... companies news, retailer JB Hi-Fi Ltd announces first half results. The Australian share market slumped 2.4 per cent on Friday to close at a three-month low, as investors worried that they had been overly optimistic about the pace of the global economic ...