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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher on a positive lead from the US. Gold, copper and oil were down, but silver was up on Wall St. At 0812 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 43 points higher at 3,419. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today as Wall Street heads into the Thanksgiving holiday in positive territory. At 0800 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 126 points at 3,691. ...

New dynamics, new realities: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... as a keynote speaker on the first day of the ASFA conference held in New Zealand this year was James Strong, chair of Woolworth's Limited and Insurance Australia Group (IAG) Limited. Drawing comparisons between the superannuation industry and the corporate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street surged overnight. At 0734 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 130 points at 4,288. In economic news, Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Aussie eq FMs shine in bad markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
Australian large cap equity managers that accounted for increasing commodity prices, corporate debt, a surging Australian dollar and rising global inflation weathered the financial storm better than others in the past 12 months. The Standard & Poor's ...

Time to buy Aus shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
It's time to invest in Australian shares and stop waiting on the sidelines for volatility to subside, according to Paul Fiani, head of equities at Integrity Investment Management. "A year ago taxi drivers were giving you stock tips, which is always ...

Market wrap - midday

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market was in positive territory at noon across all sectors except materials, which is suffering from weaker commodity prices. At 1207 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 28.5 points, or 0.58 per cent, at 4,952, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market has received a negative lead from Wall Street, where volatility swept across the financial markets as doubts intensified over the US government's $US700 billion bailout of the banking sector. At 0744 AEST, the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell by two per cent overnight. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was down 90 points at 4,911. Today, annual results are ...

AXA to list wholesale prop fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
AXA plans to list its $1.07 billion wholesale property fund as a way to avoid any "detrimental" impact on unitholders should volatility in the property sector continue. The firm proposes to list the fund before the end of the year subject to unitholder ...