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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
The outlook is positive for the Australian market on Thursday, with strong leads from Wall Street and European equities markets overnight, and higher prices in oil and precious metals. At 0711 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

CBA funds get small Q1 lift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) registered a 0.2 per cent rise in its funds under administration during the March 2011 quarter and its Retail Life insurance premiums also experienced growth. The bank reported that strong investment market returns ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Active fund managers found it very difficult to beat benchmark performance indexes after fees in the first quarter, research house Morningstar has revealed. Managers investing in large-cap Australian shares were evenly split between those that beat ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street finishing robustly, although commodities markets were mixed. On the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 26 points higher at 4,941 ...

Investec to launch equity derivatives platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Investec has announced plans to launch an equity derivatives platform in July as it expands its team with a spate of new appointments including David Jones-Prichard who will head up the platform. The specialist bank group has released plans to add equity ...

Sustainable strategy downgraded

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Morningstar has downgraded an AMP Capital strategy to "avoid" after the loss of a key leader from the management team. The ratings agency reduced AMP Capital Sustainable Share Strategy to its lowest category following the departure of Michael Anderson ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Indicators are strong for the last day of local trading before the five-day Easter break, with robust, positive leads from trading offshore overnight in securities and commodities. At 0715 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
The Australian dollar has hit a fresh post-float high, following healthy local terms of trade figures released during Wednesday morning. At 1150 (AEST) on Wednesday, the local unit reached 105.85 US cents, its highest level since it was floated in December ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Have dip, will go shopping. To all dip-buyers everywhere, let's give three cheers to Standard & Poor's. Hip, hip... Fright over Standard & Poor's warning on America's sovereign credit rating vanished just as quickly as it appeared. Now that the credit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
The Australian market is expected to open firmer on Wednesday, following positive leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0738 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 31 points higher at 4,826 points. In economics news ...