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Home sweet home

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
Global markets seem to regaining some dignity after the sub-prime scrum and even the Dow and the S&P have managed to dust themselves off a little. However the same cannot be said for America's housing market. While Australian's are struggling with record ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained stronger at noon, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 again knocking on the door of record highs. At 1203 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index was up 54.7 points to 6412.6 and the All Ordinaries had found 54.4 points to 6425.6. ...

Insto investors down but not out

... to invest in equities. The more of an institutional investor's portfolio is allocated to equities, the higher the index figure. But over the last month, the confidence index for North American institutional investors fell from 117.1 to 106 points and ...

Super fund inflows reach record highs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Australians pumped record sums into their superannuation funds over the June quarter, with $72 billion in total inflows marking the largest quarterly increase in history, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained flat at noon, with investors treading cautiously as the market awaits the US Federal Reserve's announcement on interest rates tomorrow night. At 1206 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 38.1 points, or ...

Aus and India in free trade talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... results from the study found India has the fourth largest merchandise export market at $10.1 billion worth of exports. This figure represents six per cent of Australia's total merchandise exports. Warren Truss, Federal Government's minister for trade ...

Fidelity lures Doherty from Perpetual

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... potential that they have." Brett Goodin, Asia Pacific president of Fidelity International, said, "As a highly respected figure in the industry, Gerard brings a wealth of experience to Fidelity, which is backed by impressive credentials. We believe this ...

Aussie super funds leap into top 300

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... funds elsewhere. While Australian funds accounted for only 1.14 per cent of the world's top 300 pension funds, though, the figure has doubled since last year's survey. "These statistics remind us that while the Australian superannuation industry is dynamic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained sharply lower at noon, following falls in US stocks amid fears that the world's biggest economy could be heading for a recession. At 1215 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 112.8 points, or 1.8 per cent, to ...

Return of the 'R' word

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
The Aussie market today can expect more bruises, as it seems that no sooner do the bandages come off that the markets cop another battering from somewhere else. US stock markets were mauled again on Friday by more bad news, this time from a surprise ...