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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... after US stocks gained overnight as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Resource stocks may fall after commodities including oil, gold and copper declined. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index was ...

High Net Worth wealth tops $42tr

Pension alternatives investments top $860bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... 190 investment managers across real estate, fund of hedge funds, private equity fund of funds, infrastructure and commodities. The report found global pension funds favoured real estate assets the most, representing $537.8 billion, followed by fund of ...

Iron Ore price jumps 85 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... record high oil prices, Australia is set to enjoy an export revenue bonanza as it exploits shortages in world food, commodities and resources. Yesterday the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) said Australia's commodity export ...

Commodities investors nervous about inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... that research from share registry group Capita shows private investors to be adjusting down their weightings to the commodities sector. The move has caught analysts by surprise. Last week in Sydney, delegates at the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... and fundraising dragged down banks, while investors took profits from recent gains in oils and mining stocks. The commodities-heavy FTSE 100 ended 87.6 points lower at 5,620.8 -- its fifth successive weekly loss. The index has fallen 6.5 percent this ...

Three step advice to commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
If you're thinking of palming a slice of the commodities boom, stop and consider a three pronged alternative strategy that will give you the edge in an SRI-conscious world. Kingsley Jones, international portfolio equities manager at Macquarie Funds ...

CBA targets self managed super

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... called Capital Series - capital protected, geared derivative exposure to a variety of markets, sectors, currencies and commodities. Both products include gearing for self managed funds. The structured investments team is headed by Suzannne Salter and ...

Resources boom has only just begun

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
Anyone needing convincing that the resources and commodities boom only has years to run should listen to Rio Tinto describe the insatiable worldwide demand for minerals. Tom Albanese, chief executive of Rio Tinto, speaking at yesterday's Australia-Israel ...

Oil speculators push up prices 50 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... the physical market which is only 87 million barrels per day, added al-Badri. Oil being part of new thinking about commodities is behind the speculation, said Oliver as he explained that subdued equity and property markets is forcing investors to turn ...