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S&P rates AQE fund five stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
Standard & Poor's awarded Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management's (GSJBW) Australia Quantitative Equity Fund (AQE Fund) a four star rating. Set up in 2004, the long only fund combines quantitative and fundamental strategies based on six investment themes ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
Data released overnight shows a continued decline the US housing market, price pressures remain and its financial sector problems have not gone away. US housing starts fell by 11 percent to an annualised 965,000 units in July -- the lowest level since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to slide today after Wall Street finished lower after a volatile day's trade. At 0743 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September share price index futures contract was 33 points down to 4,995. Releases today ...

APFC appoints $782m infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The $38.8 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has pumped $521 million and $261 million into two infrastructure funds by Goldman Sachs and Alinda Capital Partners. The APFC board poured the investments into the new Goldman Sachs Institutional ...

SEC blocks bank short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
US based Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking extreme action against wild 'naked' short selling, issuing an emergency order that prevents the practice across a number of commercial and investment bank stocks. The order means anyone taking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after European equities and industrial metals fell on Friday. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract fell 17 points to 5,057. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
The Australian share market had recovered at noon to edge into the black as strength in the resources sector offset weakness in financials. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.3 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 5434.5, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell on a warning from Goldman Sachs that US banks will need to raise billions of dollars in capital. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 10 points ...

AXA buys Challenger's Genesys

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
AXA's influence in Australia's financial advice industry is set to escalate with today's $150 million purchase of Challenger's financial planning business Genesys Wealth Advisers and proprietary platform Synergy. The deal, which is expected to be finalised ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was stronger at noon, led by gains in the big miners and energy stocks after oil reached new highs and metal prices rallied. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 44.2 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 5,975.2, while ...