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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... had already "pressed the limits of monetary policy." The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 4.08 points, or 0.3 per cent, to close at 1,318.72. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 44.73 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 12,491.61. The Nasdaq composite rose ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... noon. At 1200 AEST, the September 10-year bond futures contract was at 95.060 (implying a yield of 4.940), up from Tuesday's close of 95.050 (4.950 per cent). The September three-year bond futures contract was at 95.570 (4.430 per cent), up from 95.540 ...

Aberdeen eyes insto cash for new Asian property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Aberdeen Asset Management is looking to raise US$300-US$400 million from institutional investors with the launch of a new Asian property fund of funds. The closed ended fund of funds, Aberdeen's Asset Management Asia's third, aims to build a portfolio ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... financial markets and lead to a slowdown in lending. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 58.88 points, or 0.47 per cent, to close at 12,446.88. The broader S&P 500 lost 5.85 points, or 0.44 per cent, to 1,313.64, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ...

BlackRock creates new invest comms role

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
BlackRock Australia has created a new senior investment communications role to close the gap and build relationships between the firm's clients and its investment insights. Albert Daniels, believed to have started in the newly created role already ...

International private equity struggles to raise real estate funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
Global private equity firms have faced challenges raising funds for international real estate with managers launching fewer funds and targeting less capital, according to a new report. In April 2011 there were 26 real estate funds of funds in the market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... group amid a phone hacking scandal at News Corp's News of the World newspaper. BSkyB shares dropped 4.6 per cent by the close of trade. TOKYO - Japanese shares ended 0.67 per cent lower, hit by disappointing data on US unemployment late last week and ...

Super industry reviews carbon tax impact

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
The superannuation industry is waiting to see the impact of the carbon tax on the ecomony, with funds already prepared for environmental investment thought to be best placed under the new impost. Nicky Richards, chief investment officer of MLC Investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... regulatory approval to buy the 61 per cent of broadcaster BSkyB that it doesn't own -- announced Thursday that it would close News of the World at the end of the week. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower on Friday as much weaker-than-expected ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... 1.57 per cent to $6.48. The biggest media story in years intensified overnight when News Corporation announced it would close its London-based tabloid, News of the World, Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper, in an effort to limit the fallout from ...