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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
The Australian dollar has risen slightly after weakness following the Reserve Bank of Australia's official interest rate cut. The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the lead of Wall Street which rose on the back of better-than-expected ...

Carter exits QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
Robert Carter, managing director of QIC's global real estate boutique is exiting the company after 22 years to be replaced by head of Australian operations at La Salle, Steven Leigh. Carter, who assumed leadership of the global real estate (GRE) division ...

Super funds continue to recover

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index has continued its climb back into positive territory posting a return of 1.90% for the 12 months to end March 2012. This is up slightly from 0.26% at end February, -0.4% at end January and 1.7% at end ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
Ho-hum. There was nothing really all that interesting in the news that flowed out of overnight markets last night. It's the same old, same old. Data out of Europe only confirmed what we already knew and expected all along, Spain's now officially in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower. At 0830 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 4,394. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Reserve Bank holds it monthly board meeting and decides ...

Zurich continues Investments restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced further changes to its Investments business following the merger of the sales and operational teams of Life & Investments in March this year. Tim Meggitt, formerly head of key accounts and research has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian share market was stronger at noon driven by resources stocks on anticipation of a soft economic landing in China. At 1209 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 29.2 points, or 0.67 per cent, higher at 4,391.3 points, while ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's lead at the end of last week which closed up despite conflicting signals, as investors weighed disappointing economic news against reports of higher profits at big companies. At ...

Australian shares on SMSF's radar

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
SMSF trustees are increasingly turning their attention to Australian shares, according to Multiport's recent quarterly SMSF Investment Patterns Survey. The survey covers around 1,800 funds and is administered on a daily basis which ensures that data ...

QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
Investment manager QIC has awarded a mandate to US-based Molpus Woodlands Group, with the timber specialist purchasing 42,000 acres on behalf of the QIC Alternative Beta Fund. QIC is not disclosing the dollar value of the mandate, although it is believed ...