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Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... sector, but also it's broad exposure to industrial stocks which has helped performance over the year." "Looking at financials and being underweight with the banks over the last year has also helped," said Trusler. Over all, the S&P/ASX300 rose 1.8 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
The Australian share market was flat at noon, as financials offset a weaker resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.8 points, or 0.04 per cent at 4,686.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 2.2 ...

Slim pickings in intl equities: van Eyk

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... ramifications and the fact that Australia has some of the most expensive markets in the world, such as consumer staples and financials. "We are not necessarily arguing that international equities are exceedingly cheap, they are cheap and we are overweight. ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Damned if they didn't, damned now that they did! Wall Street is behaving just like any four-year old these days. A four-year old who gets a present, he eagerly opens it, eyes beam, plays with it for about... maybe a week, then discards and wants something ...

Countplus names new MD, preps for IPO

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... Count's chairman, Barry Lambert, said Spurr was an ideal choice as he has a good understanding of Countplus' business and financials. He takes over Jeremy Wardell who was the interim CEO and the acquisitions and integrations manager. Replacing Spurr ...

CFS funds placed 'on hold' following staff departure

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... Wholesale Geared Global Share Fund 'on hold' following the second departure from the fund manager in three months. Financials analyst Vincent Houteville is set to leave the manager at the end of 2010, hot on the heels of the loss of financials analyst ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... sentiment, with gains across a broad base. "All the sectors are up, but the big gains are coming from energy names and financials," he said. The operator of Australia's stock exchange, ASX, has entered into an agreement to merge with the Singapore Stock ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... Changing World'. On Thursday, the Australian share market closed flat as stronger resource stocks offset weakness in the financials sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished down two points, or 0.04 per cent, at 4,622.9 points, while the broader ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... IG Markets market analyst Cameron Peacock said from Melbourne. "There might be a guilt by association almost for our financials even though these issues are US centric. "They always tend to drag our banks lower." The major miners were lower after BHP ...