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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is receiving a sharp boost from trading offshore overnight, after Wall Street surged on positive US economic data and commodities prices rose strongly. At 0719 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
Boing! That's the sound heard all over Wall Street overnight - the sound of rebounding US eco stats, that is. The Street jumped high and pushed the S&P 500 up by 1.1% to its highest close since the 10th of May and 10 points shy of the three-year summit ...

New mandate flows increasing but more cash lies in wait

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
Fund mandate appointments have increased to 582 in the year to March recovering to normal levels from the shock of the global financial crisis, latest research from Rainmaker Information shows. The latest edition of Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser has revealed ...

BetaShares targets active ETF traders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
BetaShares Capital has provided investors with two leveraged trading tools to enable them to actively trade ETF products on the Australian market. In partnership with Citigroup, BetaShares has launched two 'MINIs' over its resources and financial sector ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was down at noon, but off its morning lows, as investors remained concerned about European and US debt, following the release of positive employment data in late morning. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 7.3 ...

Medicare to handle compassionate super payouts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
The government has relieved the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) of its duties to administer the early release of superannuation on compassionate grounds, handing the responsibility to Medicare. Only around $1.5 million of super savings ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Here we go again! Just when we all thought that the Greek problem is done and dusted - at least until the next time it needs to be done and dusted - along comes that other Greece, and it's name is Portugal. Warnings galore. Credit-rating agencies went ...

Euro solar attracting Australian investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
Australian investors are investing in European renewable energy markets instead of domestic due to lack of stability and uncertainty at home, according to private equity firm Polaris Energy. The Luxembourg-based company said that Australian investors ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
There was no shortage of unsettling events for domestic investors to worry about over the past 12 months but still Australian equities achieved positive returns for fiscal year 2010/2011. The S&P/ASX 300 index rose by 7.3 per cent - 11.9 per cent including ...

Super funds returns on upwards trend

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Despite the domestic and international investment pressures, super funds are on track to return nearly 8% on average this financial year, according to a recent report. Not-for-profit funds are expected to average around nine per cent and master trusts ...