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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Thursday (US time) said it would buy $US40 million worth of mortgage-backed securities a month in a bid to lower long-term interest rates, which the Fed hopes will spur borrowing and spending. Locally, no major ...

Sukuk demand to reach US$900bn in five years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... recently released estimates from Ernst & Young. Conventional institutions are increasingly demanding Shari'a compliant securities alongside Islamic banks in the wake of the euro-zone debt crisis as a result of the real-asset backed nature of the Islamic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... fine ounce, down $US3.60 from Wednesday's local close of $US1,736.30 per ounce. National turnover was 275.5 million securities worth $420.2 million, with 228 stocks up, 327 down and 250 unchanged.

Investment management hit by downturn

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... management sector early September when BlackRock lost a $1.2 billion active long only equity mandate awarded to them by iPac Securities. In existence since 2003, the mandate was comprised exclusively of Australian equities. Valued at $1.2 billion, the ...

Defensive investors may have traded risks

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... hypothesis, about one third of a defensive portfolio could be invested each in floating rate, fixed rate and inflation-linked securities. "Firstly a high credit quality, low volatility "floating rate" component that is highly liquid and whose capital ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... Fortescue was up 10 cents to $3.47 and Rio Tinto gained 41.5 cents to $54.94. Local national turnover was 354 million securities worth $433 million, with 352 stocks up, 204 down and 235 unchanged.

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... September share price index futures contract was 10 points lower at 4,321 points, with 4,898 contracts traded. Cameron Securities client adviser Adrian Leppinus said the Australian market had opened slightly lower due to weak overseas leads. He said ...

J.P. Morgan wins custodial services mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) has won a mandate to provide custodial and fund administration services to a number of additional Mosaic Portfolio Advisers (MPA) Limited funds. Mosaic is a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX - listed wealth ...

Omega appoints inv research analyst

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... appointment of Andrew Cleeland as an investment research analyst to its Melbourne office. Cleeland joins Omega from Austock Securities where he for five years held the role as a quantitative analyst. He has over six years financial markets experience ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... cent, the S&P500 advanced 0.4 per cent and the NASDAQ climbed 0.02 per cent. Local national turnover was 392.3 million securities worth $763 million, with 383 stocks up, 218 down and 238 unchanged.