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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Sydney fell 0.84 per cent, or 40.40 points, to 4,767.80. Tokyo was lifted by news that core private-sector machinery orders, a top indicator of corporate capital spending, rose a stronger-than-expected 4.2 per cent in January from the month before. The ...

More to emerging markets than Asia

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
As investors spend time weighing up the pros and cons of investing in Asian growth assets, other emerging markets, with some of the most attractive trading valuations, are often overlooked. James Cook, associate director, US and emerging market equities ...

CFS slashes entry bar to wholesale platform

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... introduced new transparency so retail investors can easily see where their money goes and check their unit prices. Flanked by top management, Brian Bissaker, chief executive, told a lunchtime media briefing in Sydney yesterday that from April 11, the ...

CareSuper adds infrastructure debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... Australia ($200 million) and Perennial Value Management ($100 million). The fund has been a consistent performer, ranking in the top quartile of its peer group over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years. Its strong results were recognised at the Melbourne Financial Services ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... Netherlands-based transport and logistics firm Wim Bosman Group. However, weaker offshore markets set the tone for the New Zealand top-50, which ended the session in negative territory. Mainfreight hit a record high of 895 before closing at 882, up 23c ...

Fin services group wins 'employer of choice' for women

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... and the business. Figures released this week by Grant Thornton suggest that women in Australia are making their way to the top of companies more frequently than elsewhere in the world. According to the report, the number of women in senior management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... "AA-" from "AA", citing "weak profitability". Investors in mainland China took a sunnier view, however, after comments by a top official allayed immediate fears of a rate rise. In other markets, Taipei fell 0.80 per cent, Manila edged up 0.10 per cent ...

Dutch pension tackles longevity risk and ageing population

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... boomer generation is squeezing through the population pyramid, resulting in a pyramid that is getting higher and wider at the top. "The ageing population creates yet another dilemma. As the average age of the members of the fund increases, the group ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... price of $US1428.50. Among other stocks, Westfield Retail Trust was two cents higher at $2.71, after it was dropped from the top 20 stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in the latest rebalance of indices. On Wall Street on Thursday ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Investors may love Wall Street more today than yesterday... but not as much as tomorrow. This was the conclusion you read on this space yesterday. And boy, investors surely loved much more today (yesterday's tomorrow). But lest I get accused on insider ...