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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
The Australian stock market has received mixed leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street finishing higher, precious metals prices marginally firmer, but copper and oil ended weaker. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Equipsuper to merge with Vision Super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Equipsuper and Vision Super have announced a proposal to merge - creating an $8.6 billion fund with more than 150,000 members. A joint press statement was released today regarding a proposal to merge on 1 July 2013. Based on today's figures, the merged ...

Risk appetite rises as cash reserves dip

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Cash balances have fallen and the number of investors taking above-normal risk in their portfolios are at their highest since January 2006, new figures show. According to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for April, investors ...

MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Australia's superannuation market will be closed to new entrants under proposals by the Super System Review (SSR) that could effectively shut down competition, entrench incumbents and force small funds to merge. The proposals are in the review's MySuper ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher, after a positive finish on Wall Street and firmer commodities prides during offshore trading. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 32 points higher ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... After breaching the 5,000 point barrier on Monday, then declining on Tuesday, Mr Spiteri said the latest move above that figure would grab the attention of investors. "It is a bit of a psychological barrier," he said. "The market is probably likely to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
The Australian share market was marginally stronger at noon, driven by gains in energy and mining stocks amid heightened takeover activity in the coal sector. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.9 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 4,944.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
The Australian market has received weak leads from overnight trading offshore, with only precious metals prices ending higher in New York. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0720 AEST, the June share price index contract was 24 points lower at 4,956. ...

Epoch focus on free cash flow pays dividends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... the way we did," he said. Epoch's "secret sauce" is not quite so secret: it is stockmarket investing 101. "If you can't figure out how a company makes its money, if you can't walk a dollar through the revenue line and see some part of it come out at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Australian stocks look set for a bright start on Tuesday, with local investors expected to be buoyed by positive US economic data published over the Easter break. Figures out on Friday night (Australian time) showed the US economy gained 162,000 jobs ...