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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
The Australian share market is up and approaching five-and-a-half year highs after shares in the US hit all-time highs overnight. The re-opening of the US government and short-term lifting of its debt ceiling has buoyed Australian equities. Among the ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
Shutdown: Day 15 and counting...2 days to go till the US debt hits the ceiling. So what else is new? True to form...and recent history, it looks like the political powers in Washington will again take it to the limit. US President Obama must be wishing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets as the US budget standoff enters its eighth day with no end in sight, stoking worries of a catastrophic default. At 0800 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Chief executive of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, Adrian Orr, has been elected deputy chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). As deputy, Orr will play second fiddle to chair Bader M. Al Sa'ad of the Kuwait Investment ...

Baker & McKenzie tells industry to prepare for SIV 'bonanza'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
The investment management industry can expect a rapid explosion in the number of people coming to Australia under the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program, according to Baker & McKenzie partner Bill Fuggle, who says as many as 300 could be approved ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street suffered hefty losses as the US partial government shutdown continued and worries climbed that the nation may default. At 0807 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets amid hopes the partial US government shutdown will not seriously harm the economy and of a settlement to Italy's political crisis. At 0812 AEST on Wednesday, the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
The Australian share market has had mixed start to trade, with investors taking a cautious approach as the US heads for a likely federal government shutdown. The market was in mildly positive territory shortly after the open, but by 1030 AEST had slipped ...

Sovereign wealth funds up alternatives exposure in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
Global sovereign wealth funds have significantly increased their allocations to alternative assets such as real estate, private equity and hedge funds, according to a recent Invesco survey. The fund manager's annual Global Sovereign Asset Management ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite falls on Wall Street as a partial US government shutdown loomed due to Washington political gridlock over a new budget. At 0808 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures ...