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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Nasdaq composite gained 31.79, or 1.1 per cent, to 2,815. Commodity prices halted their slide after floods damaged wheat, corn and soybean fields, with traders anticipating a supply shortage would lead to higher prices. Materials companies in the S&P ...

Russell appoints index director

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Russell Investments has appointed Matt Wacher as regional director, indexes, Australia and New Zealand, to meet rising clients demand for index linked products, such as ETFs. Wacher, a former head of institutional sales and product for CMC Markets ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
Deep problems in the superannuation system meant Australians may not have enough money to provide for their retirement despite half-million dollar balances, an industry expert said today. In his keynote speech at the Morningstar Investment Conference ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
Destination: Highway one point seven zero. Yes Virginia, this is what the current euphoria on the Australian dollar has led to - the currency is now extrapolated to reach 1.70 against the US dollar by 2014. According to The Australian newspaper, not ...

Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten fielded prickly questions from financial planners after giving a speech on the Future of Financial Advice reforms at a luncheon gathering yesterday. Minister Shorten told the Financial Planning Association (FPA) ...

AFS rebuff takeover offers to go it alone

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
Dealer group Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) will remain independent after confirming that it will no longer hold takeover discussions. AFS has said ownership will remain with its advisers and will retain open architecture, practical compliance ...

Media Super wants corporate marriage

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Industry fund Media Super is dressing up to be the belle of the merger ball and is looking to attract corporate funds, casting its eyes towards Fairfax. Ross Martin, chief executive of Media Super, today said that his fund had added new functional capabilities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... most of any of the 10 company groups that make up the S&P 500 index, as commodity prices increased. Futures contracts for corn, wheat, and sugar each rose more than two per cent. The Nasdaq composite lost less than a point to 2,789.19. Rising and falling ...

The other emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... positive correlation. The constitution of Argentina's major exports -- soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat, flour - explains why. These are the commodities whose prices have been on a tear in recent times. According to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
The Australian market is receiving clearly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, despite a series of unsettling issues running in various locations around the world. At 0810 AEDT on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was ...