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Capital protected products shine in gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... looking at expanding its Capital Series products to cover any international index such as the Hang Seng, or global commodities markets. "We're gauging interest with distribution channels to see what the appetite is," he said. The Capital Series products ...

CFSGAM appoints soft commodities specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... Global Asset Management has appointed a new senior analyst to its Global Resources team to focus on the growing soft commodities sector. Mario Maia joins CFSGAM from Merrill Lynch where he covered chemicals, paper and packaging and agricultural sectors ...

LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... LinQ Resources Fund investing mainly in start-ups and the Global Resource Masters Fund diversifying into agricultural commodities and natural resources such as forest products. Global Mining Investments was thus the only LIC that specialized in large ...

Debt crisis not so bad for Latin America

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... debt crisis. "If there is a slow down in the US and Europe, you could have a slow down in inflationary pressures in commodities, and that could be beneficial in that many Latin America countries are suffering from high inflation." "In a perverse way ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... and the NASDAQ advanced 0.86 per cent. Meanwhile, US futures contract prices for oil, gold and copper, among other commodities, settled firmer. Mr Smith said it was a "brilliant buying opportunity here in Australia right now". "The fundamentals are good," ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... Rio Tinto gained $1.19, or 1.5 per cent, to $82.52. BHP said on Wednesday it had achieved production records in four commodities in 2010/11, with production of iron ore posting its 11th consecutive record. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,588.70 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today, after Wall Street securities fell overnight, while commodities markets were mixed. At 0721 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 4,425. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... was 25 points lower at 4,442, with 15,529 contracts traded. IG Markets analyst Cameron Peacock said a weak lead from commodities markets led him to expect BHP shares to fall in any case, but its announcement of an acquisition on Friday added to the selling ...

Super funds chase CPI linked assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... 2010. The research, which covers real estate, private equity fund of funds, fund of hedge funds, infrastructure and commodities, included ten Australian alternatives managers with combined AUM of US$190.8 billion. This figure was up US$29 billion on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... Australian share market has opened higher on positive offshore leads, with Wall Street surging on US economic data and commodities prices surging. At 1037 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 21.8 points, or 0.47 per cent, to 4,627.3 and the ...