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Midday Market Wrap: Dollar up after employment announcements

The Australian dollar shot back towards near six year highs in response to a rise in the nation's employment level in September. The domestic unit bounced from $US0.6902 prior to the 1130 AEST announcement of the data to $US0.6927 at 1139 AEST, fractionally ...

Hedge funds produce 1.01% return in September

The latest Hennessee Hedge Fund Index has revealed that hedge funds have produced a return of 1.01 per cent in September, bringing the year-to-date return to 13.25%. "Equity long/short managers did exceptionally well in September despite the 'whip-saw' ...

Investors stick to property, despite lure of rising sharemarkets: ING

Despite the lure of rising sharemarkets, investors have decided to stay focused on property investment and debt reduction, the latest ING Melbourne Institute Household Savings and Investment Report for the September quarter revealed today. For the second ...

Homeowners wait on Reserve Bank decision this morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
Homeowners will again hold their collective breath today as they await the outcome of the Reserve Bank's board meeting. Economists are expecting the bank to lift the interest rate, but when it will move is proving difficult to predict. If rates stay ...

Economists expect sedate employment growth for September

Economists have forecasted that Australia's workforce is likely to grow at a more sedate pace in September after August's massive growth rate which culminated in the unemployment rate being at a 13-year low of 5.8 per cent. The median of market forecasts ...

Midday Market Wrap: Bond market stronger after yesterday's sell off

The Australian bond market opened slightly stronger today, halting yesterday's sharp sell off. At 0900 AEST the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.545 per cent from 5.570 at yesterday's close. The yield on the November 2006 ...

NZ Super Fund appoints BNP Paribas as new custodian

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has finalised the negotiations with BNP Paribas Securities Services to secure BNP Paribas as the custodian and investment operations provider to the NZ Fund. The Fund's portfolio's value will initially be NZ$2.4 billion ...

Macquarie reaps benefit of increased tolls on highways

The latest toll hikes on Sydney's most expensive motorway is paying rich dividends to its owner Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG). The MIG disclosed today that toll-paying traffic on the Eastern Distributor, also called the M1, grew 5.3 per cent ...

Investors happy to "Buy the dips": FSIU survey

Australian investment professionals remain undaunted by the fall in equity markets during September, if anything becoming slightly more optimistic on the prospects for both the Australian and international markets in the next 12 months, according to ...

Labor proposes stronger corporate disclosure measures

Senator Stephen Conroy, the deputy opposition leader in the senate and the shadow minister for financial services and corporate governance, has said that the self-regulatory approach of the Government is incapable of tackling unbridled corporate greed ...