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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... June share price index futures contract was down 20 points at 4,279. No major economic news is expected on Wednesday. In equities news, Downer EDI is scheduled to hold an investor day, while Sigma Pharmaceuticals, Grange Resources and Stonehenge Metals ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... 2012/2013 budget and the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced that the nation's trade deficit widened in March. In equities news, OneSteel shareholders voted in favour of changing the company name to Arrium Ltd, while Oil Search and Empire Ltd are ...

BlackRock funds target new investment climate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... investing and it is time for new investment thinking," said Michael McCorry, head of BlackRock's Australian Scientific Active Equities Business. "Portfolios today must be more dynamic and more diverse than ever before. For a marginal increase in risk ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release international trade in goods and services data for March. In equities news, OneSteel has scheudled an extraordinary general meeting to consider name change to Arrium Ltd, while Oil Search ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... conditions fell three index points to zero in April. The ANZ Job Ads data for April is also due out later on Monday. In equities news, Orica reported a net profit of $253.3 million for the six months to March 31, down from $263.8 million in the previous ...

Private equity tax treatment under scrutiny

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... and family offices as active income generation. "You invest in infrastructure, property, the stock exchange, baskets of equities, all of those for the investor are on the capital account, but if you invest in private equity, uniquely it's on the capital ...

Merlon fund switches to monthly distributions

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... said Merlon Capital Partners chief executive officer, Neil Margolis. "Most managers seek to maximise total returns from equities with less regard for the income component. This means their returns have historically been skewed towards growth, which has ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... Greece is looking likely to have a hung Parliament - added to Europe's sovereign debt crisis, the near-term omen for equities and other risk assets is not looking good. But wait! Weren't we in this spot of bother just last year? America hit a soft patch ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... April is due out, as is the ANZ Job Ads data for April and the National Australia Bank Business figures for April. In equities news, Orica Ltd is due to post half year results and GPT Group has an annual general meeting scheduled. In Australia, the market ...

AMP appoints ESG research associate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... and global companies held by AMP Capital funds, including global listed property, global listed infrastructure, Asian equities and global resources funds. He will also assist in AMP Capital's Environmental Sustainable Governance (ESG) analysis of corporate ...