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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today following a recovery on Wall Street overnight. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was up 55 points to 6128 on a volume of 3,493 contracts. Amid data ...

IMF blames the world

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... major breakdown in asset markets overnight where to the Dow and FTSE fell 2.2 per cent and 3.2 per cent respectively. At one stage, the Dow was down 3.3 per cent. Takeover activity looks likely to take a hit now that riskier corporate spreads have blown ...

Zenith recommends Barwon/Select PE fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
Ratings agency Zenith has awarded a "Recommended" rating to Barwon Investment Partners' Select Private Equity Portfolio, offered through their partnership with Select Asset Management. Launched late last year, the multi-manager portfolio provides access ...

US energy powers VFMC

... billion (US$1.35 billion). The fund will invest in different types of power assets including those that are at the development stage, due for construction or already in operation. "We had a tremendous response from the investor community for US Power ...

Economic round-up: Mortgage meltdown misery

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... billion sub-prime backed bonds. Wall Street's wobbles yesterday set the tone for the Australian market, which was at one stage down around 55 points, before regaining some ground closing at 36 points. Australian 10 year bonds slid 12 basis points to ...

Clean, green profit machines

... also happening overseas. "There's been commentary from Europe in particular that environmental stocks are at a 'bubble' stage," he said. This means that while the record highs are a cause for celebration, investors should brace for the time when the ...

Economic round-up: Rescheduling retirement

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... rate pressures. 'Upward pressures on wages growth' and 'pre-election rate hikes' abound but it's anyone's guess at this stage be it an educated one or not. Where most new jobs advertised used to be part-time, this is far from the case today and another ...

SELECT absolute return fund gets rating tick from Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... excluding performance bonuses and borrowing costs. David Smythe, director of Zenith Investment Partners, noted some early stage risks for fund investors. "Until such time as the fund grows from its current $20 million size, exposure to unlisted private ...

Credit Suisse puts twist on hedge indexing

... had been well received from both planners and institutions, and was due to extensive industry consultation at the concept stage. Haynes took aboard strong feedback about "in particular, the frustration many financial planners had with accessing hedge ...

Praemium/BlackRock hits $100m

... the acceptance of the BlackRock SMA offering. Flows are increasing in line with our expectations for the product at this stage of its development."