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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight. Key securities markets were higher, oil reached a new record, and metals also rose. At 0714 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was four points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. Securities markets were mixed and flat, precious metals were higher, and oil eased. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was three points ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Bad now, better later. Domestic growth will take a hit short-term but " there will be a mild boost to demand from the rebuilding efforts as they get under way." Inflation will spike in the March quarter because "Production losses due to weather are ...

iShares appoints vice presidents to new roles

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
iShares, the ETF business of BlackRock Investment Management has made senior appointments to its institutional distribution and capital markets teams. Campbell MacPherson joins as vice president and business development manager, while Gonzalo Biassini ...

Banks loss is super fund gain: IFM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Top returns in infrastructure debt are driving superannuation growth opportunities as banks withdraw funding to the sector, an industry leader has said. Brett Himbury, chief executive of Industry Fund Management (IFM), said superannuation funds were ...

Hunter Hall defiant on Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Boutique fund manager Hunter Hall increases Japan exposure while maintaining its focus on handpicked assets in China and less fancied ASEAN markets. Hunter Hall Chief Executive officer David Buckland said that the fund's Asian Value Trust, launched ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
The Australian sharemarket at noon on Monday was higher as a positive lead from US markets and merger and acquisition activity buoyed investors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 32.7 points, or 0.67 per cent, at 4,894.5 points, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mostly positive set of leads from offshore, with Wall Street closing higher and oil prices settling firmer. But metals prices ended weaker. At 0733 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... look at the latest non-farm payrolls report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employment jumped by 230,000 in March - making the 185,000 gains financial markets were expecting a bearish projection. And the unemployment rate? It dipped to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices closing mixed after Europe was lower and Asia generally higher. Metals and oil were higher, too. At 0755 AEDT on the ASX 24, the June share price ...