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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... Private Wealth investment adviser, John Milroy, said volumes were slow and there had been some profit-taking. "Banks are pretty mixed and resource stocks are weaker on the back of some of the overnight metals moves as well," Mr Milroy said. Australia's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... continues to be range-bound between 4,500 points and 4,800 points, he said. The market had given no response to the RBA's "pretty standard" statement justifying its 25 basis point interest rate rise at its meeting on March 2, he added. "We're seeing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... little bit of improvement across the materials sector, which is the best performing area," Mr Chatterton said. "It's a pretty mixed day." BHP Billiton was higher amid expectations of a substantial rise in iron ore prices this year, he said. Its shares ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... diversified mining companies were the best performers during the morning. "Base metals on the London Metals Exchange had a pretty strong night last night and they were also the leading sector in the US," Mr Potter said. "That's probably why we have seen ...

MSCI buys RiskMetrics

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... products will be complementary to the Barra approach and the governance business would continue to operate as usual, it's pretty mature," he said. The Australian Council for Super Investors (ACSI) recently commissioned RiskMetrics to provide research ...

State Super Fin Services CIO resigns, takes VIC Super post

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... years experience as a CIO and was a chief economist... and our central operating principle is sustainability and he has a pretty well understanding of that, too," said Welsh. Prior to joining State Super, Fabian was formerly head of investments, retail ...

Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... tell you that this series is subject to revisions? And sometimes the revisions are again revised? Don't you think it's pretty 'stoopid' to bet your hard-earned money on one month's data point of just one volatile statistic? Other stats may confirm the ...

HOSTPLUS $1bn mandate up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... equity markets last year - $550 million into international and probably $350 million into Australian equities. "We have pretty strong cash flows, and we have another billion to spend this year," he said. The fund wrapped up its latest board meeting last ...

Asia Pac property assets draw mandate appeal

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... come back in...as the market gets pricier here. Australia is one of those markets where you have a lot of savings and a pretty small property market. "Historically, they have looked overseas [for investments]," said Jacobson. Kenneth Tsang, head of Asia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... "The news ain't that bad," Mr Morrow said. "(The market has) had some good news to support it, but we're running into some pretty big headwinds from the US and over uncertainty over the financial system in Europe," he said. "We're starting to see the ...