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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... $12.43. QBE expects to post a $250 million loss this year due to writedowns and increased claims associated with its North American business. Among the major banks, Westpac was seven cents higher at $31.58, ANZ had gained seven cents to $31.06, Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... Julian Clarke is to address a Melbourne Press Club lunch, while Boral chief executive Mike Kane is slated to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia event in Sydney. In equities news, Dick Smith Holdings is due to list on the ASX, while ...

'Tis the season to be bubbly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013

New index offers chance to invest like a billionaire

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... by serial entrepreneurs Raul Moreno, who co-founded Kinetik, and Alejandro Estrada, co-founder of Dineromail, a Latin American version of PayPal.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... Surprisingly good data on US employment has snapped a four day losing streak on the local share market. A 21,000 drop in American jobless claims for November buoyed Wall Street, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its highest close ever, above ...

Investor appetite for global markets on the rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... Mowll said it was surprising that general global funds overtook Asian funds as the second most popular after US/North American funds. "There are a couple of possible reasons for this," he said. "Economic data out of Asia hasn't been as positive as investors ...

Mohammad goes to mountain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013

Record dry powder levels in unlisted infra funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... billion, the largest proportion of the capital available to unlisted infrastructure funds is set to be invested in North American infrastructure opportunities. This is higher than the $33 billion set to be invested by unlisted infrastructure funds in ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... not because "I am woman" but because the central banks' got our backs. Just how bullish is the market? According to the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) latest survey "Pessimism plunged to a 21-month low and optimism rose to a 10-month ...

IFM to open Tokyo office

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... announcement this month from IFM, following the formation of a new private equity team, and the expansion of their North American infrastructure debt operations. IFM chief executive Brett Himbury said: "Our investors are increasingly seeking investment ...