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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... general meetings, and PanAust publishes its December 2010 quarterly production report. On Friday, strength among financial stocks failed to buffer losses by Australia's major miners, which dragged the local share market around 0.6 per cent lower on Friday. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... the moment," she said. Concerns that China will take steps to slow its economic expansion sent commodities and materials stocks lower overnight. BHP was down 91 cents, or 2.01 per cent, at $44.28 and Rio Tinto was $1.25 lower, or 1.46 per cent, at $84.32. ...

Plum pickings in international equities: K2

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... classes, cash and bonds, so the incentives to invest in equities are still high." Areas he believes could do well include stocks leveraged to secular themes such as the mobile internet, multinationals servicing emerging markets and emerging battery technology. ...

CalPERS returns 12.5pc in 2010

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... in 2010, with a 21.5 per cent overall return. Global equity investments returned 14.6 per cent last year, with domestic stocks gaining 17.3 per cent and international stocks returning 12.8 per cent. Though the real estate portfolio saw an overall decline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... production report. On Thursday, the Australian share market closed weaker on Thursday, with major resources and financial stocks all ending in negative territory. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 50.9 points, or 1.05 per cent, at 4,783.7 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon, dragged down by resources stocks on a weak overseas lead and after BHP Billiton said its coal production had been hampered by Queensland's floods. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 29.7 points ...

Insync hires senior portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... team numbers to four, as the fund manager continues its focus on investing in more consumer discretionary and healthcare stocks to deliver returns this year. Desmond has over 16 years experience in global and emerging market equities. Prior to Seilern ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... traded. Overnight, Wall Street posted gains in its first session of the week, with strength from industrial and materials stocks. CMC Markets market analyst Ben Le Brun said market movements were hard to predict at the moment. "It's been really wishy-washy ...

K2 Asset boosts intl eq team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... international team focusing on global markets with particular strengths in financials, property and telecommunications stocks. Thomson's appointment increases K2's funds management team to 10 and continues the theme of employing managers who have lived ...

Aust Unity boutiques cautious on year ahead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... the domestic economy will start to gain some momentum. "The best results in 2011 could well come from domestic cyclical stocks, such as retailers and industrials, which didn't perform well in 2010 because of the interest rate rises," "We don't see much ...