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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... CAC-40 index closed at 4859.42 points, down 15.55 or 0.32 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei ended down 1.27 per cent at its lowest close in more than a week, as worries about the US and Japanese economies grew, with sagging machinery orders hitting industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... at 4874.97 points, down 37.72 or 0.77 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei share average fell 1.05 per cent, marking its lowest close in a week as fresh worries about the US economy hit exporters. The Nikkei shed 138.54 points to 13,111.89, its lowest finish ...

CSRF puts faith in the ballot box

... Gareth Townsend. The elected member trustee directors will hold office for three years, subject to conditions. The ballots close end of this month 30 April by 5pm. According to SelectingSuper, CSRF three-year returns to February were on par with the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning, despite overnight falls on Wall Street and amongst base metals in London. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index at 0705 AEST was up 45 points at 5673. In the news ...

Pension funds look in-house for governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
More than $26 billion of assets managed under pension funds in the UK and mainland Europe will face tighter governance monitoring this year, according to a Mercer survey. The Asset Allocation Survey and Market Profiles study examined 849 European and ...

Homegrown boutique scores a Lipper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Boutique fund manager MacarthurCook's RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund has won the 2007 Lipper Performance Achievement Certificate - placing it in the top spot in the real estate classification. The fund, which is listed on the American Stock Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... boosted trading houses such as Mitsui and other resource firms. The Nikkei added 157.01 points to 13,450.23, its highest close since February 29. It gained 3.7 per cent last week. HONG KONG - Stocks rose, led by financial and resources plays, and buoyed ...

Flight of the squeamish

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Recent machinations within bond markets should remind all that a month is a long time in capital markets. Early March global yields were shifting south in excess of 18bp. While 10-year yields in Australia avoided such sharp falls due to a better performing ...

Singapore property a winner

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Property specialist LaSalle Investment has singled out Singapore as a key investment channel in the Asia-Pacific region and noted that the country's high grade commercial and retail properties will still enjoy solid growth despite the general market ...

ASF appoints exec director

Australia's representative body for the securitisation industry, the Australian Securitisation Forum (ASF), has appointed Greg Medcraft as executive director. Prior to his appointment, Medcraft was the managing director and global head of securitisation ...