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Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is considering an investment in toll-road operator Transurban and is in preliminary discussions with the Canadian pension funds that proposed to buy the infrastructure group in October. On October 27, the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open lower after commodity prices declined overnight, and concerns increase about the mounting levels of national debt overseas. At 0659 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Australian shares may open little changed after mixed leads from US markets. Commodity stocks may decline after the price of raw materials slipped overnight as the US dollar rose. At 0806 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
"Ladies and gentlemen, you're not on Kansas anymore..." (James Cameron's movie, Avatar) But based on financial market's reaction to last Friday's US payrolls report, "we must be over the rainbow!" (Dorothy Gale in the Wizard of Oz). The sun shone, the ...

S&P gives DNR three stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned its three-star rating to the Dalton Nicol Reid Australian Equity Growth Incrementus Portfolio, a separately managed account model portfolio (SMA) offered by Dalton Nicol Reid (DNR). DNR is a Brisbane-based ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received flat leads from Wall Street securities overnight, although metals were higher. Oil was lower, however. At 0759 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was six points higher ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket was marginally in the black at noon after a positive US lead, and amid expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will raise official interests rates for the third consecutive month. The RBA will announced its decision ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open flat on Tuesday after moderate gains on Wall Street and as investors await the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on interest rates. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...

ComSuper faces executive and admin reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
Government superannuation schemes have not escaped ongoing governance reviews, with the schemes' administrator ComSuper mandated to outsource some of its work to cut taxpayer bill and the 'Commissioner for Superannuation' role dropped in favour of a ...