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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is likely to decline after European equities and the price of oil fell in electronic trading overnight. At 0755 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was down 14 points at 3,535. ...

Impax environment trust hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has released Impax Environmental Markets Trust giving Australian investors exposure to a market which the firm expects will benefit from global government environmental policy. UK based Impax Asset Management holds a ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... slump in November. Sales are down because consumers are worried about their jobs - unemployment rose to 7.2 per cent in December (a 15-year high) - and banks are tightening lending standards. More job losses are in store as company revenues decline and ...

Jacobson departs Kaplan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Warren Jacobson, Kaplan Professional Australia chief executive, has resigned from the professional education provider. Jacobson announced his resignation on December 11 which became effective at the end of last year to "explore new opportunities". Kaplan ...

Self-fulfilling prophecy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Media coverage of Australia's employment statistics had been unanimously negative. But is it? The ink has barely dried on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report for December 2008 when headlines flashed one after another about ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks rose as investors turned hopeful that the government would provide fresh capital to crisis-hit banks. At 0805 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures ...

North awarded 'very strong' S&P rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
AXA Australia's highly popular structured product, North, received a 'very strong' rating from Standard & Poor's. Launched in December 2007, AXA North provides 50 different investment options with the guarantee. The product was later enhanced to include ...

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Where's the January effect when you need it most? Wikipedia describes this stock market phenomenon best: "The January effect is the tendency of the stock market to rise between December 31 and the end of the first week in January. There are many theories ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The $2.65 billion Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund has splurged on eight new mandates in a bid to overhaul its international equity portfolio. The super fund's $600 million international equity portfolio now counts Baillie Gifford, Deutsche ...

Unlisted assets hold value: BUSS(Q)

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Following the December 2008 revaluation of its unlisted assets portfolio, super fund BUSS(Q) reported better numbers in infrastructure and private equity but flat valuations in unlisted property. BUSS(Q) chief executive, David O'Sullivan, said the fund's ...