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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from overseas, with securities spiking higher on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and signalled they would stay down for some time yet. Commodities were higher, too. ...

Instos still lukewarm on climate change risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Eight super funds, including AustralianSuper, are spearheading the move to better assess climate change risks on long-term returns, but the industry, as a whole, is still moving at a glacial pace on all thing carbon, a survey shows. The joint survey ...

Vanguard appoints MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed US-based Vanguard executive John James as managing director, effective 1 May. James, 42, is an Australian who has worked as an executive at Vanguard's US headquarters in Pennsylvania since 2008. In his time ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street and crude oil finishing higher, but precious and base metals prices were weaker. At 0827 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market received a mostly positive set of leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street and base metals prices trading higher. But gold and oil prices were weaker. At 0825 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The sovereign wealth fund transparency index has found that Australia's $66 billion Future Fund is slightly less transparent than SWFs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), New Zealand and Azerbaijan. The SWF Institute has developed the Linaburg-Maduell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open relatively flat as Wall Street edged into the red at its close as the Federal Reserve said the economy continues to grow at a slow pace. At 0825 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Berends joins QSuper investment committee

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
The QSuper Board of Trustees has appointed Marvin & Palmer Associates principal Lorraine Berends to QSuper's investment committee. Berends joins specialist committee members - Michael Rice and Ian Macoun, working with QSuper trustees, Steve Ryan, Bob ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open higher after US and European stocks and commodity prices gained overnight. At 0655 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 52 points higher at 4,587 points. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market may open slightly lower and trading may be subdued as traders have little direction following public holidays in the US and China. At 0740 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was four ...