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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street finished the week down around one per cent. At 0755 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 4,144. In economic news on Monday, the Australian ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The Alternative Investment Management Association will be working with local super funds on scenario analyses for moving more funds to suitable Australian alternative managers. Recent data from administrator GlobeOp showed that in June hedge funds globally ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The times, they are a-changin' - or more accurately, market sentiment is. The glass is no longer half-empty, it's half-filled and if leaks again, the Fed will be there to top it up. So half-full that our very own S&P/AX 200 index surged by more than ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's positive lead after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the US economy. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SYDNEY, July 19 AAP - The Australian sharemarket has opened more than 1% higher following positive leads from overseas and a rebound in the local resources sector. At 1012 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49 points, or 1.19 per ...

SMSF contributions spike ahead of cap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SMSF contributions were up close to $7000 in the 2011/12 financial year driven by over 50s getting in ahead of the $25,000 concessional cap introduction on July 1 this year. The latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey showed the average contribution ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
What's wrong with this picture? "Investors pushed stocks sharply higher, erasing all of July's losses, as investors reacted to strong corporate earnings and continued hopes for central-bank intervention." Nothing it seems. It sounds oh, so rationale. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian stock market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street and European bourses overnight amid upbeat US earnings reports and after a Federal Reserve report said the world's largest economy continued to grow ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has held on to Tuesday's gains after Wall Street closed higher overnight. At 1010 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.4 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,133.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

State Street acquires GS hedge fund admin services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
State Street Corporation has agreed to acquire Goldman Sachs' US hedge fund administration services in a cash transaction worth approximately US$550 million. The transaction is due to be finalised early in the fourth quarter of 2012 with State Street ...