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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... In equities, Orica Ltd will release its first half results. Origin Energy Ltd and Newcrest Mining both will release their third quarter production report. Australian stocks succumbed to profit-taking on Friday, ending the day down as the key resource ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... Westpac Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity also is released. In company news, Zinifex Ltd unveils its third quarter production report and ANZ Banking Group Ltd releases first half results. Telstra will brief on its networks investment ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... Caltex today hosts it annual general meeting, as does Lihir Gold. The world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton Ltd, releases its third quarter production and exploration and development reports and oil company Santos Ltd's first quarter production report ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

An asset allocation expert from leading index manager Vanguard has put forward the case for a portfolio construction model that invests around 40 per cent in active strategies. In a whistlestop visit to Australia, Nelson Wicas, a US based principal ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... easily beat expectations. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 153.35 points, or 1.20 per cent, to end at 12,961.98, its third straight record close. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 13.62 points, or 0.93 per cent, at 1,484.35. The Nasdaq Composite ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
... highs, with tin the biggest mover. Tin fell over nine per cent on reports that Indonesia, which already supplies around one third of global production, had approved export permits for two more smelters.

Avanteos loses $7 billion Goldman Sachs mandate

... First State (CFS) has lost a $7.1 billion Goldman Sachs JBWere mandate from its Avanteos platform, according to the CBA's third quarter trading update that was released yesterday. CFS advise the mandate represented only 4 per cent of the stated $165.3 ...

Surging dollar prompts mixed views on fall-out

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
... flow-on effects in ways that weren't previously a problem. Some estimates suggest overseas sourced revenue is as high as one-third of some sector's revenues. Mining companies will be hit harder still. The impacts of these settings shifts are already ...

Institutions more comfortable with hedge funds: State Street

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
State Street's third institutional investor hedge fund study shows more institutional investors are comfortable investing in hedge funds today than 12 months ago. Conducted late last year, the study, in conjunction with the 2006 Global Absolute Return ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... Today, the Australian Office of Financial Management releases bond tender results. In equities, Woolworths Ltd releases its third quarter sales results. Yesterday, the Australian stock market closed in record territory, driven by strong gains from BHP ...