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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities indices mixed, whilst precious metals and oil were lower. The US dollar rose. On the ASX 24 at 0619 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
The Australian share market retreated from its morning high to trade in a flat range by noon, with materials and energy stocks buffering modest falls in financials. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.6 points, or 0.01 per cent, lower ...

UK pension tenders $800m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
A UK pension fund with $3 billion in assets is seeking international fund management services for an $800 million active currency hedging mandate. The four-year mandate is with the United Kingdom's 12th largest fund within the Local Government Pension ...

Asset Super awards mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
Antin Infrastructure Partners, Schroders and Dimensional Fund Advisors are among the managers that have won mandates from the $1.5 billion Asset Super, following recommendations from the fund's consultant, Mercer. Asset Super made a $30 million commitment ...

Rise of Asia bonds: Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Asia's appeal as multi-trillion dollar bond hub is set to accelerate as the region primes itself to become a key alternative funding source for investors, said the chief financial officer of the $147 billion Temasek Holdings. Leong Wai Leng, chief financial ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
he "Rape of Europa" continues. Investors are circling around like vultures around Portugal and Spain perhaps until the whole of Europe burns. Oh yes, Virginia, there's a niggling feeling that ultimately Europa will be raped and this would cause untold ...

China, Russia dump USD for bilateral trade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
China and Russia will cease using the US dollar as the basis of their intercountry trade in reaction to the greenback's instability and sliding relevance. "About trade settlement, we have decided to use our own currencies," Russian president Vladimir ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Australian share market edged into positive territory in intra-day trading on light volumes as big investors sat on the sidelines awaiting more market direction. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.4 points, or 0.14 per cent, at ...

Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Australian shares have rallied in October after a strong September lead but the median result for Australian share funds were slightly worse than the market, the latest Mercer Survey shows. The median of the Mercer Australian Shares survey for the year ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Whac-a-mole 2.0! Remember whac-a-mole 1.0 when the global financial crisis was just starting? It was then, that the air was ripe with speculation as to which financial institution's head - Bear Sterns, Fannie/Freddie, AIG - the US Fed/Treasury tandem ...