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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... commodities currencies lower. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the local unit was trading at 100.16 US cents, down from Wednesday's close of 100.23 cents. Since 1700 AEDT, the Australian dollar traded between 99.82 cents and 100.60 cents. Overnight, opponents ...

BlackRock iShares breaks $1bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... essential. "Not all ETFs are created equal and as more products enter the Australian market, we believe investors should apply close scrutiny before buying an ETF to understand all costs, quality, reliability and ultimately the total performance of an ...

Legalsuper employer contribs jump 15 pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... industry fund for their profession. "Our members prefer legalsuper relative to large multi-industry funds because of our close association with and knowledge of, the legal profession. This better places us to provide the high levels of personal service ...

Bennelong shuts global equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Bennelong Funds Management is liquidating one of its funds after the underlying manager, Security Global Investors (SGI), closed its global equities office following a business review by its parent company. Security Benefit, acquired by Guggenheim Partners ...

1989 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Revolting like it's 1989. It's the feeling I get when I look to the Middle East. Just like in 1989, several regimes in one region became a thing of the past as civil uprisings in one country emboldened protests in another... then another. Back then ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... giant Finmeccanica, as well as in the first-division Juventus football club. Shares in UniCredit plunged 5.75 per cent by close of trading in Milan. Libya is Unicredit's top shareholder with a 7.5-per cent stake and Libyan central bank governor Farhat ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
The Australian market has received mixed to positive leads from offshore trading over the weekend. Wall Street indices were higher, but oil and copper were lower. Precious metals were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0712 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... 4,938.4 points. The broader All Ordinaries index had added 7.4 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 5,026.0 points, its highest close since late August 2008. NEW YORK - US stocks finished higher on Thursday after a strong manufacturing report overshadowed a ...

AMP rides subdued market with solid growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... Included in this result is AMP Flexible Super, launched in May 2010, which had $1.4 billion in assets under management at the close of last year. Meanwhile, AMP Capital Investors increased its total AUM by 3 per cent to $98 billion from $95 billion in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving clear, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all three key Wall Street indices substantially higher, as were European and Asian markets. Gold was flat but higher, oil was higher, but silver and copper ...