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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.2 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,493.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 6.5 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 4,507.4 points. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

US pension plan deficits rise in June

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... $130 billion during June, the third largest increase in the past decade. Pension funding status of these companies has fallen to 73 per cent compared to 78 per cent at the end of May. Adrian Hartshorn, partner at Mercer's Financial Strategy Group, said ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.2 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,407.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 3.5 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,426 points. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... when investors were hiding under their beds, quivering that the world is going to end because US consumer confidence had fallen sharply... because employment is not growing fast enough? Where the bloody hell were they? But I discovered that just as employment ...

NY fund sues BP over oil spill losses

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... company or $20 billion in assets. This represents a $6.6 billion loss to pension funds given the oil giant's share price has fallen 36 per cent.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... Australian stock market slid into the red to sit one per cent lower at noon. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 52.3 points, or 1.15 per cent, to 4,506 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 51 points, or 1.11 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... the big miners and banks pushing stocks up on a low volume day of trade. At 1204 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 14.8 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 4,597.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 15.9 points, or 0.34 per ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... survey found there is little increase expected in 2012. The Russell research found Australian real estate allocations have fallen less than their global counterparts from 11.5 per cent in 2003 to close to 9 per cent in 2009. In contrast, North American ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... index futures contract was 25 points lower at 4,501 points, with 79,421 contracts traded. The major resource stocks had fallen from their modestly weaker opening points, with BHP Billiton down 34 cents at $38.24 and Rio Tinto down 36 cents at $68.74. ...

UK pension lose $6bn on BP oil spill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... company or $20 billion in assets. This represents a $6.6 billion loss to pension funds given the oil giant's share price has fallen 36 per cent. BP may still be an attractive investment because it is considered a high yielding stock, said analysts. According ...