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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... Friday, the Australian share market closed at its weakest levels in almost six years, weighed down by banks and resources stocks following a drop in oil and base metals prices and a plunge on Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... share market was trading about 1.5 per cent lower at a five-and-a-half-year low after sharp plunge on Wall Street took US stocks to levels last seen in 1997. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 52 points, or 1.63 per cent, at 3,136.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... make a urea project announcement. On Thursday, the Australian share market closed higher, boosted by stronger resource stocks on expectations that Chinese efforts to boost their economy would increase demand for minerals. Disappointing building approvals ...

Martin Currie rakes $500m and growing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... track record of its flagship product, the global alpha strategy. The strategy is a high-conviction portfolio with 30 to 45 stocks with a view of outperforming its index plus an extra four to five per cent. The product did exactly that over the three-year ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... analyst David Taylor said. "There are encouraging signs that China might stimulate its economy and that's helped mining stocks, and gold stocks are down following weak gold prices." In the resources sector, market giant BHP Billiton gained $1.76, or ...

MLC revamps global share strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... discretion over choice of capital allocation across developed versus emerging markets, regions, countries, industries and stocks. Paul Duncan, MLC Investment Management global shares portfolio manager, said the strategy aims to provide attractive long-term ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... lower at noon ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision, after diversified financials and transport stocks helped the market claw back some lost ground. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 49.4 points, or 1.52 ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... follows the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) extending the ban of covered short selling on financial stocks until March. But in September last year, the local branch of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said ...

SMSFs get web upgrade

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... portfolio. They can also view all of their SMSFs as one portfolio, which means they can check overall exposure to specific stocks and get a full listing of all client portfolio holdings, said John McIlroy, Multiport's chief executive. The web release ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... also posted a record loss for the December quarter, and dire news from European bank HSBC saw investors flee financial stocks. Most major markets around the world were down heavily on Monday. Oil, precious metals and copper fell, too. At 0744 AEDT on ...