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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open higher, on the back of gains in base and precious metals prices on Friday. However, this will be moderated by a weak lead from US markets and concerns linked to the recent global share market volatility. On the Sydney ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as commodity prices again take the lead, offsetting any investor concern about a mixed performance on US markets overnight. Australian mining stocks listed in the UK surged overnight and that momentum ...

REST on the hunt for new CEO

Award winning fund Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (REST) is searching for a new chief executive with long time CEO Neil Cochrane planning to step down in August. Cochrane says that, having been with the fund for five years, the fund needs a new ...

Challenger wealth management FUM up 73 per cent

Challenger Financial Services has posted a solid half-year result with after-tax profits up 29 per cent to $72 million during the period. What's more, the wealth management arm enjoyed a 73 per cent rise in FUM for the full year. In the half year to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2006
... - Leading UK shares closed lower with a 2.7 per cent fall by mobile phone heavyweight Vodafone outweighing a 21 per cent leap by BOC on a bid for the industrial gases group. The FTSE 100 closed at 5633.8 points, down 27.1 or 0.48 per cent. FRANKFURT ...

All REST and no play with $580m new mandate

Industry fund REST starts the year on full throttle after awarding $580m of new money to a string of investment managers, of which a total $480 million will go towards international equities mandates. REST joins a growing list of super funds that have ...

Wholesale funds post 400 per cent rise: S&P

S&P has reported that favourable market conditions produced "impressive" net fund flows in the three months to September 30, with wholesale funds net fund flows rising a massive 411 per cent quarter-on-quarter. According to the research house, wholesale ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2005
... Share prices for Britain's biggest companies ended lower, as investors said the market looked overextended after its latest leap to fresh four-year highs. The FTSE 100 closed down 46.4 points at 5477.4 -- off an initial session peak of 5554.9 points ...

AXA inflows up as life business steady

... billion as a result of strong flows into unit trusts and the group's platform, Summit. AXA's advice business also had a similar leap in flows moving up 30 per cent from $0.92 billion to $1.19 billion. However net retail flows were actually down by 18 ...

Retail funds continue to flow

ASSIRT's latest market research report has shown retail net funds flow increased in the June 2004 quarter from $3.5 billion to $3.7 billion. Platinum achieved the highest retail net flows of funds under management for the quarter however the biggest ...