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Legg Mason receives first mFund inflow

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
Legg Mason has received its first inflow through ASX's mFund one day after listing six funds on the settlement service. The first investment was in the Western Asset Australian Bond Trust, and came through online broker Bell Direct. Legg Mason's other ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open markedly lower after Wall Street fell more than one-and-a-half per cent. At 0805 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 53 points at 5,318. Locally, in economic news on Friday ...

Ratings downgrade to trigger hybrid sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... The ratings agency said it will downgrade the securities within weeks. Prices on the several of the largest hybrids on the ASX have already fallen by $4-5 and are now below issue price in many cases. FIIG head of markets Craig Swanger said S&P's move ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street as a strong housing report helped equities regain ground. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,402. Locally ...

UBS launches microcap fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... The microcap client mandate managed by the UBS small cap team has delivered an annualized return of 26.97% versus the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index 4.93% since its inception 18 months ago. The performance was mainly driven by stocks that ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... previous month and five percentage points more than consensus expectations to be exact. These numbers were enough to send the S&P/ASX 200 index up 1.0% at the close of yesterday's trading - after slumping below its 2014 opening levels in early trade. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street endured its third straight day of losses. At 0807 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points at 5,373. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday ...

ASX celebrates record revenues

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
ASX chairman Rick Holliday-Smith has used his annual general meeting to celebrate what he called the company's "record revenues and earnings", and to urge shareholders to vote in favour of chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper's remuneration package. He ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... since September of five years ago - down by 41.3% from its price at the start of this year. This, in turn, has taken the S&P/ASX 200 Materials index - where diggers and sellers of the stuff such as BHP and RIO reside - down 7.2% this year to date. And ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... confidence survey is due out. In equities news, TPG Telecom, Kathmandu and Nufarm are expected to post full year results, while ASX has its annual general meeting. In Australia, the market on Monday fell more than one per cent - its biggest one-day fall ...