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Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open marginally higher today after the return of volatility on Wall Street overnight, with all three major US indices see-sawing their way to positive closes. At 0748 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September ...

Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... together to find a solution that benefits investors," said Jason Slade, PricewaterhouseCoopers partner. "In times of volatility we are acutely reminded of the risks associated with investment markets. With the stakes being so high, retirees may be concerned ...

Henderson wins $275m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... securities and currencies. The funds will combine relative-value and directional strategies to reduce portfolio risk and volatility. "The high alpha approach seeks to identify the optimal mix of opportunities across the global fixed income markets to ...

Bad markets to test boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... said. "It's harder for boutiques to show their skill when everything's going the same way, with the cross sectional volatility in the market place it's a great environment for someone that backs their judgement to step up to the plate." However, McSkimming ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... particularly good," he said. "The US has a tendency to move a couple of percent either way each day at the moment, so the volatility is quite extreme." "The only sectors which are offering any excitment is the energy sector." Energy producer Woodside ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... consumers, like their US counterparts, are worried about the housing market, the credit crunch and financial market volatility.

AXA direct property assets tops $900m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... may soften slightly but basically good quality assets will hold up quite well," he said. "Our view is this period of volatility in the market is not caused by the underlying property market in listed property trusts, it's the financial structures." Despite ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... futures contract rose five points to 5106 on volume of 10,154 contracts. Nomura equities strategist Eric Betts said the volatility would likely continue on the local markets but there was some sense that credit markets turmoil was easing somewhat. "We ...

Commodities bull run won't wane: GMI

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... intact despite the downturn. As a result, global commodity demand will remain sound. "There will obviously be periods of volatility and we're going through those at the moment. But if you take a long term view on the sector, then no doubt you'll be set ...

None the wiser, all the poorer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... is an alarming level of disengagement from super if Australians think there is no relationship between stock market volatility and their super account balance." It gets worse. Nearly two in five people surveyed by Mercer believe that investment market ...