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Mortgage funds to rise post-govt guarantee

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Mortgage funds will soon be a favourite for investors and advisers if market conditions remain the same and once the bank guarantee is reduced, according to investment group, Equity Trustees. A mortgage fund will be the attractive alternative to term ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... complicated by a delay in Royal Dutch Shell's sale of its $7 billion stake, Mr Milroy said. Jittery investors are also treading water ahead of a European leaders summit on October 23 to discuss the continent's debt crisis, he said. "Markets are still ...

AMP Capital rides high on global infra demand

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... operation of infrastructure assets, in diverse infrastructure sectors such as energy, transportation, communication and water, across both developed and emerging markets. Retail investors can access AMP Capital's global infrastructure securities capability ...

Hunter Hall Asian value fund earns three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... stocks and 11.9% in Chinese stocks. Its biggest holdings (5.4%) were in a Chinese sodium sulphate company, Lumena and Korean water purifying firm Woongjin Coway.

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Change is the only constant. Many of you gentle readers would have noticed the change in my stance these past few weeks - not overnight as reader Paul accuse - over the state of the global economy and financial markets. Let me explain why am not in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Street closed up more than one-and-a-half per cent. BRISBANE - Coal seam gas (CSG) companies will pay for the Queensland Water Commission (QWC) to manage the state's groundwater supplies with a levy to be introduced in 2012. CANBERRA - Resource giant ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Financial market waters are getting more treacherous by the day. The signs are all around us - macro-economic fundamentals are deteriorating, systemic risk is growing and technical indicators of risk assets are breaking down. I'd like to able to conjure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... sustainability metrics. Rio Tinto gained 72 cents to $72.02 after announcing it would invest $US310 million in a Pilbara coastal water project. Fellow miner BHP Billiton was up 21 cents to $38.38. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,856.10 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
The Australian dollar was fractionally higher at noon, as traders await significant US employment figures due on Friday night. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 107.26 US cents, up from 107.20 US cents on Thursday. Since 0700 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar powered to a three-week high above 106 US cents by noon, buoyed by strength in equity markets as risk sentiment firmed following a speech by the US Federal Reserve chairman. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading ...