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S&P says the exit of News Corp from ASX 200 index to be smooth

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2004
The removal of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp from the Australian stock market indices would be made as smooth as possible, the head of Standard & Poor's' index committee said on Sunday. David Blitzer's assurance came after local investors last Thursday ...

ASX refuses to confirm talk it is lobbying for News Corp index

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
The Australian Stock Exchange today refused to confirm reports it was lobbying for an index that included News Corp shares once it shifts its base to the United States. Index operator Standard & Poor's has indicated it might not be able to include Rupert ...

ASX moves to keep News Corp in the top 200: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
The Australian Stock Exchange has proposed a complicated new index in order to keep News Corporation in the top 200 listings, it was reported today. The Australian Financial Review said the new index aims to prevent to local market losing billions of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
The Australian market is likely to extend the recent record closes with further gains today as strong commodity prices and US markets help to underpin growing investor confidence. On Friday both key indices hit record closes and made new intraday highs ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2004
The Australian market could be open to a bot of profit taking today as broadly unchanged US markets offer little direction for the local bourse. The US indices were slightly weaker across the board overnight and this, coupled with record closing highs ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2004
The Australian market will struggle for direction, although it should open slightly higher, as US markets were broadly unchanged overnight. In the US the Dow Jones was fractionally weaker but the other two indices made slight gains as economic data ...

ASX launches index for options hedging

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2004
The Australian Stock Exchange has launched a new index for fund managers who want to sell equivalent options to hedge the risk of buying shares. From 1 July, the S&P/ASX Buy-Write Index will help track the progress of investors who buy a stock and write ...

Pooled funds running hot: Mercer

The median return for all Australian pooled funds was 1.6% in May, which boosted the eleven-month median to 11.7 %, its highest level since 1997, according to the latest Mercer Investment Consulting survey. The Citigroup Balanced Trust was the best-performing ...

IPO frenzy slows but end of year will see new records set

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
The rush of new floats on the Australian Stock Exchange is fast losing momentum but the end of the current financial year will see a new annual record set for initial public offerings, a report has found. A Deloitte Corporate Finances quarterly review ...

S&P announces quarterly rebalance of S&P/ASX 200

Standard & Poor's today announced the quarterly rebalance of its stock market indices. S&P also said as a result of the consolidation of Westfield Holdings, Westfield Trust and Westfield America the three companies would be removed from the index and ...