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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open weaker on Thursday after a flat lead from Wall Street overnight. At 0753 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 35 points lower at 4,937 points. In economics news ...

Cooper Review unveils MySuper, officially

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
The public could soon have access to a new superannuation product called 'MySuper', which is free from trailing commissions, charges no contribution fees and is much easier to understand, under proposals outlined by the Cooper Review today. The preliminary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
The Australian has received generally positive leads from overnight trading offshore, with Wall Street up marginally, precious metals higher, and European markets flat to higher. Oil and base metal copper were lower, however. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Wall Street securities have provided a positive lead to the Australian stock market on Friday, although key commodities all were lower in overnight trade. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0740 AEST, the June share price index contract was 27 points ...

Khazanah buys Oriental University stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Investors might eye China's industrial growth as investment opportunities, but Khazanah Nasional is taking a different tact - forking out more than $45 million for a 10 per cent stake in Oriental University City Limited as part of its China education ...

Fairview small caps strategy gains traction

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Fairview Equity Partners has gained $30 million in funds for its small companies fund, which beat its benchmark by more than 8 per cent in the year to February. The fund manager, founded by three Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management executives, Chris ...

ASIC ramps up market surveillance

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
ASIC has acquired an integrated market surveillance system (IMSS) that will analyse activities and trends in market data, identify suspicious trading activity, and raise alerts. The IMSS will be provided by the SMARTS Market Surveillance, which won ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received negative leads from overnight trading offshore, with Wall Street indices ending lower, along with oil and metals. At 0731 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 13 points lower ...

Van Eyk travelling quite well: Thomas

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Van Eyk didn't make a lot of money last year but it is publishing more research and refusing to budge on how it charges for ratings, said Mark Thomas, managing director at the firm. Speaking at van Eyk's 7th Annual Conference, Thomas said although van ...

Ex Macquarie broker pleads guilty

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Former Macquarie Equities broker Newton Chan has pleaded guilty to eight counts of market manipulation. Chan of Balwyn, Victoria, pleaded guilty to market manipulation contrary to section 1041A of the Corporations Act 2001. The charges, brought by the ...