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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The Australian share market had lost ground by noon, restrained by falling gold stocks and the mining sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 28.3 points or 0.81 per cent at 3480.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index gave up ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
The Future Fund is looking to build up its debt portfolio this year and beef up its alternatives portfolio with investments that have "niche" risk premia. David Neal, the Future Fund's chief investment officer, gave an insight on where they are likely ...

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Where's the January effect when you need it most? Wikipedia describes this stock market phenomenon best: "The January effect is the tendency of the stock market to rise between December 31 and the end of the first week in January. There are many theories ...

Investors back AUI property proposal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Investors in three of the five Australian Unity Investments property vehicles have voted 'yes' to the firm's proposal to staple five property syndicates to establish a $400 million retail property fund. A recent media report claimed that AUI had failed ...

Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian economy grew by 0.1 per cent in the third quarter - the slowest since December 2000. Is the glass half-full? Or is it half-empty? Gauging from the headlines that followed the release of the Australian National Accounts, the domestic economy's ...

BT upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
BT Financial Group has improved the features of its Westpac Protection Plans and BT Life Protection Plans to provide wider coverage across illnesses. The firm has revised its definition cancer conditions to include Colorectal cancer and Chronic Lymphomatic ...

Tower upgrades Accelerate and TPP

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
Refined work definitions, broadened medical terms and technological upgrades - TOWER Australia is pumping up its Accelerate and Tower Protection Product to make life insurance more accessible for independent financial advisers and their clients. Both ...

Main Street is burning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
Wall Street was at first content to wait while the G20 Generals fiddle but Citigroup's announcement of a 53,000 reduction in its workforce brought home the point that Main Street is roasting. After initially fluctuating between both sides of zero, the ...

FirstChoice platform upgrade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Colonial First State is supercharging its FirstChoice platform with the addition of a government guaranteed cash deposit product, four Realindex RAFI funds and an enhanced range of insurance service. The platform's new FirstRate Saver includes no ongoing ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Australian equities remained in the doldrums in spite of the hopeful promise that came about with the changing of the guards at the White House. Senator Barack Obama's triumphant victory in the US Presidential election was welcomed with jubilation the ...