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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... 21,252 contracts traded. The local market had improved slightly after opening about 1.1 per cent lower, with weaker commodities prices during offshore trade pushing resources stocks into negative territory. Gold was the worst-performing sector at noon ...

Investors focus on Russian consumer stocks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... represented by consumption, compared with about 35% for China, although indices in Russia are weighted around 75% to commodities, about 55% of which is composed of oil and gas. For this reason, East Capital is focusing on GDP as an indicator, with a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... contracts. Resources-linked companies were leading the overall market lower, after futures contract prices for key commodities such as gold, oil and copper settled weaker in US trading. The worst-performing sector at the open was gold stocks, down 2.97 ...

ETFs reach $5.4bn despite unstable market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... continuing to see gradual shifts in funds across competing products, not just for broad market exposures but across commodities and dividend ETFs," said Drew Corbett, head of investment strategy at BetaShares. "This has been the same experience in overseas ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... reduced their exposure to riskier investments ahead of the release of important economic data in the United States. Commodities stocks weighed on the market, following a trend set on overseas markets overnight due to concerns about global economic growth. ...

Potential for surprise financial crisis high

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... sheets and the fact that we have some sectors of the economy skirting recession, and we've had the tailwinds of the commodities boom, you withdraw those from the economy and then we could have a banking sector that could be in sharp de-leveraging mode," ...

QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... Standard. "We are building a portfolio that's heavily invested in real assets - we've also invested in infrastructure and commodities," Dick said. "When you look at a traditional portfolio of bonds and equities, the biggest drawback is that you're not ...

Macquarie profit drops 24.6pc

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... and lower expenses. Assets under management experienced a 6% increase to $A324 million. Fixed income, currencies and commodities meanwhile delivered a contribution of $A539 million, down 6% across the year, with equities income up 26% and 'other income' ...

Hedge funds outperform: Research

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... and AIMA on the global hedge fund industry has found that funds have significantly outperformed equities, bonds and commodities over the past 17 years. The study, conducted by the Centre For Hedge Fund Research, titled 'The Value of the Hedge Fund Industry ...

Governance Australia's best export to Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Creating opportunities for Australia's economic integration with Asia is not just about exporting commodities but sharing expertise in value adds like governance and sophisticated services. Bandid Nijathaworn, former deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand ...