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ETF Securities signs Taurus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
ETF Securities has announced a mandate with Taurus Funds Management to provide the fund manager a platform to trade gold and other metals using exchange traded commodity (ETC) products. Taurus' flagship fund is a gold and precious metals fund. The fund ...

Vanguard appoints MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed US-based Vanguard executive John James as managing director, effective 1 May. James, 42, is an Australian who has worked as an executive at Vanguard's US headquarters in Pennsylvania since 2008. In his time ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open little changed on Monday after overseas equity and commodity prices were little changed. At 0725 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was one point higher at 4,820 points. ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Directionless...is the word that could be applied to equity markets as we head for the end of this week's trading. Global equities were of course taking their cue from the global trend-setter that is Wall Street. As at last night - after four days of ...

Omega hires insto sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Omega Global Investors has hired former Vanguard Investments Australia executive, Erica Hall, as manager of institutional sales as the fund manager launches two bond funds to the market. Hall spent eight years at Vanguard working across institutional ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Bohh...ring! And I woke up early for this! There were some after-party celebrations to the bull market's one-year anniversary - but only just. Wall Street closed higher -- Dow up 0.03 per cent, S&P 500 up 0.5 per cent and Nasdaq up 0.8 per cent. As ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street and crude oil finishing higher, but precious and base metals prices were weaker. At 0827 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
Guess what? It's the bull market's first anniversary today! Hip..hip... Hooray Virgina! You and I have kept up the faith despite being battered by waves of doubters in an ocean of despair. It was exactly one year ago (9 March 2009) when Wall Street ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market received a mostly positive set of leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street and base metals prices trading higher. But gold and oil prices were weaker. At 0825 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... billion). MetLife had confirmed last month it was in talks with AIG to buy the unit, known as Alico. It's the second major sale AIG has made this month as part of its plans to trim operations, shed assets and repay more than $US100 billion ($A110.29 ...