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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today after Wall Street fell overnight. At 0743 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September share price index futures contract was down 85 points at 4,920. In news today, Australian Chamber of ...

Winton fund returns 23.5pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Trading in futures while banking successfully on the trends of the market downturn, the Winton Global Alpha Fund has rewarded investors with a hefty 23.5 per cent in returns over a one year period. The Winton Global Alpha Fund, open to financial advisers ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Australians still have a gigantic $12 billion in lost super but a concerted effort by the government, regulators and wealth management industry is slowly reducing the amount of misplaced retirement savings. AUSfund for one has returned nearly $40 million ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (18 - 22 Aug 2008) The dearth of key market moving factors indicates this week that financial market activity will continue to focus on the rapid appreciation of the US dollar against most major currencies and the decline in ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
Key economic data released overnight provided no new insight for financial markets but only to confirm the current state of the world - that of slowing growth and still high inflation. While inflation appears to be easing in Australia, consumer prices ...

Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
Financial market speculation for an imminent RBA rate cut remained despite yesterday's positive news on domestic inflation and consumer sentiment. But this also did not stop the sell-off in the local sharemarket and investors seeking safety in bonds. ...

US ETF appetite strong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
A State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) report revealed US investor appetite for exchange traded funds (ETFs) is strong despite ETF assets dropping more than five per cent since the start of the year. The 2008 Mid-year Exchange Traded Fund Report revealed ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Australian stockmarket is set for another down day of trading and bond yields will head lower if Wall Street's overnight perfromance is anything to go by. US share prices slipped while bonds were higher on the back of more news of losses in the ...

Who plays the PE game, wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
US funds with a high private equity exposure have come out tops of the investment returns league, new figures show. A recent survey by Northern Trust indicate that players with heavy diversification strategies, particularly those who favoured private ...

AMP Cap hires Asian stock specialist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
AMP Capital Investors appointed former Maple Brown Abbott portfolio manager, Ragavan Sivanesarajah, to portfolio manager, Asian equities. Sivanesarajah previously worked at Maple Brown Abbott as a portfolio manager and equity analyst for five years ...