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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower after thin trade in the US on Friday and falls in key commodity prices. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was two points lower at 4,058. In ...

Active managers be warned: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
Frontier Investment Consulting's $89 billion client base is increasingly questioning the high fees of active managers - a clear sign these managers need to lift their game, said the firm's managing director, Fiona Trafford-Walker. Trafford-Walker, who ...

Unlisted valuations on track: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
Super funds with unlisted assets can breathe easier knowing that more than 93 per cent of their alternative investment managers are strictly following their valuation policies, according to a survey by Frontier Investment Consulting. Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was 1.5 per cent lower at noon on Thursday, with heavy losses in the resources sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 lost 69.8 points, or 1.74 per cent, at 3947.4, while the broader All Ordinaries shed 64.4 points ...

ATO targets loss schemes

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... eligible for the capital gains tax 50 per cent discount," said the ATO. Managed Investment Schemes (MIS) are also under heavy scrutiny. The recent collapses of Timbercorp and Great Southern in particular have put agribusiness managed investment schemes ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... investors, US shares gained on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.15 per cent to 8,500.33. The tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 1.29 per cent to 1,774.33 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index added 1.36 per cent, to 919.14.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... gains lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 blue-chip stocks 96.53 points, or 1.15 per cent, to 8,500.33. The tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 22.54 points, or 1.29 per cent, to 1,774.33 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index added 12.31 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... endanger an economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 103.78 points, or 1.25 per cent, to 8,403.8. The tech-heavy Nasdaq lifted 20.71 points, 1.2 per cent, to 1,751.79 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 13.77 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
The Australian share market may open little changed after gains in commodity prices boosts energy producers and miners, mitigating the effect of the declines in equities on Wall Street. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

No flight to cash at Equipsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
Majority of Equipsuper's members did not switch from equities to the cash option despite the heavy falls in the sharemarket last year, said the fund's chief executive. Robin Burns, who heads up the "hybrid" $4.2 billion fund that hosts both defined ...