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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market may rise slightly today after US equities were mixed but little changed overnight and commodities, too, were mixed, with oil and gold falling and copper gaining. At 0707 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Aussie super funds lead pension growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Australia's retirement funds including State Super, Australian Super, UniSuper and the Future Fund are some of the fastest growing in the world, rising at an average compound annual growth rate of 17 per cent. The Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt ...

One down, more to follow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered on market expectations and cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 7.0 percent. The ink on the RBA's decision has barely dried but markets were at it again, expecting another quarter of a percent ...

Advisers open doors to $50k clients

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
Advisers are willing to take on clients with funds as little as $50,000 in a bid to win new business amidst tough market conditions, new research shows. A new survey by Nielson, commissioned by ING Australia, noted that an increasing number of advisers ...

AXA IM targets Aus instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
AXA Group's Paris-based asset management business is providing its expertise across European property, private equity, structured finance and fund of hedge funds to Australian institutions. Craig Hurt, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) director of Australian ...

Rate cut? maybe not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
There we have it, capital investment by Australian companies - past and planned -- remains solid. This underscores the domestic economy's resilience to the turmoil in the credit markets and the weakening global economy. However, instead of completely ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger after US stocks gained for a third day overnight, led by manufacturers and financial companies. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was ...

AMP's profits down 2pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
AMP Limited has posted a two per cent fall in its underlying profit to $437 million after weathering challenging investment market conditions, but its financial services division survived the storm to report a three per cent increase in operating earnings. ...

Fundies must upskill in low-carbon world

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
A $500 billion carrot awaits the new breed of fund managers willing to do their homework on climate change, but the road to the burgeoning investment sector is full of stumbling blocks. Speaking at an IMCA briefing this week, DWS investment analyst ...

Let's make the ETS workable: BCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
Business Council of Australia (BCA) criticisms of the government's emissions trading system are not a rearguard action against fighting climate change, but constructive suggestions about how to make it work better. Speaking at the Sydney Institute last ...