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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Australian shares continued to fall from a sharply lower open on Monday, with banks stocks losing the most ground amid widespread selling. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 73.2 points, or 1.55 per cent, at 4,659 points, while the ...

New ETFs hit booming market

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... the growth in numbers of self-managed super funds. Vanguard released three new ETFs yesterday. The Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield fund that follows the benchmark FTSE ASFA Australia High Dividend Yield Index of 63 stocks. It has yearly management ...

van Eyk drops AXA Bernstein for Sigma

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... Bernstein and minimised allocation towards Integrity, Fidelity and Solaris after appointing a share of the Blueprint Australian Shares Fund to Sigma Funds Management. The fund, which currently has approximately $1.4 billion under management, was re-jigged ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... results. BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser is scheduled to address a Melbourne Mining Club luncheon. On Friday, Australian shares closed marginally weaker despite recovering from earlier lows caused by step falls overnight in commodity prices. The benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Australian shares made up some ground in morning trade but remain lower at noon due to substantial falls in materials stocks due to lower commodity prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.4 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,746.3 ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... company that does the research for SelectingSuper. "Hitting returns are falling rolling 12 month returns from Australian shares and international shares due the 12 per cent increase in the AUD relative to the USD," he said. Australian shares returned ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... company that does the research for SelectingSuper. "Hitting returns are falling rolling 12 month returns from Australian shares and international shares due the 12 per cent increase in the AUD relative to the USD," he said. Australian shares returned ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Australian shares have opened 0.5 per cent lower on concerns that the record high local currency will dent the export and other overseas earnings of local companies. At 1031 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 24 points, or 0.49 per cent ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... indexes after fees in the first quarter, research house Morningstar has revealed. Managers investing in large-cap Australian shares were evenly split between those that beat the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation Index and those that did not, Morningstar said. ...

Vanguard varies approach to Australian equities

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... market, on the ASX at the end of May. The new funds include Australian small and large companies and a high-yield Australian shares product, taking Vanguard's stable of ETFs trading on the ASX to seven. Rainmaker data shows that index investments now ...