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ASX launches index for options hedging

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2004
... a new index for fund managers who want to sell equivalent options to hedge the risk of buying shares. From 1 July, the S&P/ASX Buy-Write Index will help track the progress of investors who buy a stock and write matching call options that correspond to ...

Pooled funds running hot: Mercer

... best-performing pooled fund overall and number one in the balanced-fund category with a return of 2.1% in a month that saw the S&P/ASX 300 rise 1.9%, helped by a 5.9% gain in its listed-property trust sub-index.

IPO frenzy slows but end of year will see new records set

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
... quarterly review of IPOs shows 153 floats are set to raise $10.8 billion by the end of this month. If all 153 do float the ASX will have recorded a 178% jump in IPO activity for 2003/04 against 55 floats in 2002/03. It will also mean a 155% leap in new ...

S&P announces quarterly rebalance of S&P/ASX 200

... index and replaced by Westfield Group effective from 5 July. Other changes announced include the addition of QBE to the S&P/ASX 20, and the addition of Orica and Promina to the top 50 index effective from 5 July. Amity Oil will fall out of the top 200 ...

ASX report finds property performs better than shares

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
For the first time The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) annual report on investment returns over a 10-year period has shown investors would have been better off investing in property than shares. The report commissioned by the ASX found after-tax returns ...

BT expands corporate super platform

... interest and international. Also available will be an Investor's Mutual Australian share portfolio, benchmarked against the S&P/ASX-300 accumulation index and 90% weighted in Australian shares.

Experts predict 20% returns from ASX over coming year

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
Experts predict the Australian stock market's ASX 200 index to return 20% over the coming year, according to Commonwealth Securities. Consensus forecasts, calculated after the March reporting season, found a selection of market experts think the ASX200 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
... United Kingdom markets enjoyed a long weekend. Yesterday, the all ordinaries ended 9.8 points higher at 3460.2, while the S&P/ASX 200 was up 9.7 points to 3456.9. By 0709 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange today, the June share price index contract ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
... index contract, a key indicator of the day's trading ahead, was six points lower at 3455 on a volume of 565 contracts. The S&P/ASX 200 closed 5.9 points higher at 3450.4 on Friday and the all ordinaries index ended six points stronger at 3447.2. Today ...

Market wrap

... up 0.59% on the back strong demand for telecom stocks. Having closed 29.7 points stronger on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 is likely to open marginally stronger, after the overnight share price futures contract added six points to 3432 on thin ...