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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital, said the market drifted lower in the absence of a catalyst to lift stocks and overtake "psychological resistance" to new records. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed mixed ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... was up nine cents at $5.93, BHP Billiton was up 41 cents at $39.15 and Rio Tinto was 36 cents higher at $70.56. The key catalyst for the market in afternoon trade would be the release of manufacturing data from China, Mr Shamu said. KEY FACTS * At 1234 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... was up nine cents at $5.93, BHP Billiton was up 41 cents at $39.15 and Rio Tinto was 36 cents higher at $70.56. The key catalyst for the market in afternoon trade would be the release of manufacturing data from China, Mr Shamu said. KEY FACTS * At 1234 ...

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... equity firms that make use of the controversial leveraged buy-out (LBO) strategy, according to social policy network Catalyst. According to the group, the LBO model, which was harnessed extensively during the private equity boom of the early 2000s and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower as international markets fall. At 0845 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 26 points at 5,342. In economic news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor ...

Infrastructure key in battle against SMSF exodus

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... Commission inquiry into the costs of infrastructure announced by the government on 13 November will hopefully act as a catalyst to bring up the issue. Another stumbling block is around privatisation. While the privatisation of assets such as ports (e.g. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... and a half year highs with stocks approaching record levels. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said that without a proper catalyst to keep the momentum going it was hard to see the gains continue. "We are just seeing a little bit of tapering off I suppose ...

Peak6 reopens to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... growth trajectory." Hricko and Locasto said the rapid growth of the strategy was driven by recent demand for event- or catalyst-driven hedge funds. They said investors had also been positive about Peak6's infrastructure and back-office processes, areas ...

Market Vectors set to launch four Australian equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
Market Vectors is set to open its doors to Australian investors with the launch of four new Australian exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The new products are sector focused and designed to track purpose-built pure-play indices specifically developed for ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... Street. The local market's one-third of a per cent gain reflects normal market conditions rather than any specific data catalyst, Wealth Within chief analyst Dale Gillham says. "It's just easing off at the moment," he said. "We've had a bit of a weakening ...