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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
A directionless Australian share market edged into positive territory at noon as a positive but erratic lead from Wall St was offset by an ailing property trust sector. General insurers also were lower as claim numbers related to storms in Sydney last ...

Fund managers must raise benchmarks

The role of the active manager is not just to provide investors with above-benchmark returns but to keep raising those benchmarks, said Paul Fiani, head of Australian equities boutique fund Integrity. Passive managers have grown in popularity as one ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today, buoyed by Wall Street. Metals were mixed, offering no clear lead, and a sharp slide in crude oil prices lessened worries about higher energy costs. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Integrity opens to retail

Integrity, a boutique fund set up by former UBS Australian equities head Paul Fiani, hits the ground running with $400 million in institutional money already invested and a new retail fund launched last week. The Integrity Australian Share fund, loosely ...

Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Despite years of decline in corporate and public sector superannuation fund numbers, the latest Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) figures show the funds that remain are in good health. According to Rainmaker data, the number of corporate ...

Markets still at risk: Tagliaferro

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
One of the country's leading fund managers, Anton Tagliaferro, is the latest stockmarket expert to voice his concerns about investor attitude towards risk and observed that today's investors are less risk-aware compared to their predecessors. Tagliaferro ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket started the week in full stride, after US President George Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured US investors they would work to rectify recent market troubles. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in the black today, after both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 rose more than two per cent overnight, buoyed by the energy sector which benefited from a surge in oil prices. At 0734 AEST, the September Share ...

The big bounce

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
In a $60 billion bounce, the Australian share market posted its best one-day session in a decade regaining most of the $70 billion wiped out during last week's rampant volatility. The S&P/ASX 200 gained 4.6 per cent, rising more than 261 points to 5932.60 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
The Australian market is expected to open with sharp losses, as weak base metal prices and the slide on Wall Street take their toll. At 0700 AEST, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September Share Price Index was down 79 points at 5702. In Economic ...