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Instos move into ETFs as sector surges

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... products with ETFs increasing in number and in total market capitalisation over the past year, the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) said yesterday, with institutional investors moving in. Over the year to April, the number of exchange traded funds doubled ...

Planners upscale with managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... suits the post-regulatory environment. It's also a way to forge closer planner-client relationships. Potter pointed out the ASX 2010 Share Ownership Study that found there were twice the number of investors who asked for share advice from planners than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Australian market is expected to open lower on Thursday following strongly negative leads from overseas markets overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0731 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 22 points lower at 4,703. In economics news on Thursday ...

BT Group profits rise $29 million

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... which rose $15 million to $309 million in the six months to March, Westpac said in its interim results announcement to the ASX. Year-on-year, the cash result was even better, rising 18 per cent or $31 million. Gail Kelly, chief executive of Westpac Group ...

Direct investors dump managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... share ownership is continuing to rise and it's driving investors out of managed funds, reveals new figures from the latest ASX Share Ownership Survey. The survey found there are 5 million Australians who directly own shares, 2 million more than a decade ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... lower performances by markets overseas overnight, and falls in the prices of precious metals and oil. At 0703 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 4,755. In economics news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... S&P/ASX200 index was down 52.8 points at 4772.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index slipped 51.7 points to 4844.5. On the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 45 points at 4,774 with 19,777 contracts traded. Macquarie Private ...

He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... Australian share market when the newsflash appeared on my screen. Osama bin Laden is dead! And immediately after, the S&P/ASX 200 index reversed course. It went from down one per cent to up and up and up, till it closed 0.04 per cent higher yesterday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... leads from offshore trading overnight, as markets struggled with the meaning of the assassination of Osama bin Laden. On the ASX 24 at 0655 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 22 points lower at 4,797. Economics news on Tuesday is focussed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... S&P/ASX200 index was 16.1 points lower at 4807.1 while the broader All Ordinaries index slipped 17.3 points to 4880.7. On the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was five points down at 4803 with 11,000 contracts traded. The Australian ...