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Janus launches Asia equity strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... important component of the global investment landscape and we believe it is important to have investment professionals on the ground in Asia, which will enhance our existing capabilities and allow us to increase our coverage of companies in the region," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after world markets rallied on hopes the US Federal Reserve would respond to mounting signs of weakness in the global economy. At 0750 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Super funds mindshift imperative

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... also love a moratorium to stop change, which we wont get," said Sammells. "We would love someone to put a stake in the ground and say, no changes to super for five years, let the industry settle."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... local close of 79.37. Westpac New Zealand senior market strategist Imre Speizer said the Australian dollar gained a little ground over the weekend. "It had a decent bounce after the Sydney close until the US equities markets opened up," he said from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... with 24,609 contracts traded. Intersuisse director of equities, Andrew Sekely, said the share market was making up lost ground from the close on Tuesday, but that trading was still light. "It's a thin market, you don't need a huge amount of buying to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... was down $1.04, or 2.71 per cent, at $37.36, while Rio Tinto lost $2.22, or 3.07 per cent, to $70.13. Energy stocks lost ground, with Woodside down 58 cents, at $35.75, Santos down 33 cents at $11.57, and Origin down nine cents at $13.85. Telstra was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... plunging four per cent on Friday, the local bourse was down more than two per cent in early trade on Monday, but regained some ground by midday. At 1204 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 32.6 points, or 0.79 per cent, at 4,072.8 points, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Australian shares were slightly higher at noon as they made up some of the ground lost on Wednesday, buoyed by a positive session on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.1 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 4,333.9 ...

IFM pins hopes on state governments and eyes $1bn infra deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... their place as ideal long-term infrastructure investors but assets offering good risk/return profiles still thin on the ground. "I think a number of state governments are currently the owners of these assets and a number of those state governments are ...

Wolf of Wall Street can't put a price on value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Jordan Belfort claims to be the best salesman in the world. As a sixteen year old he made $25,000 in a single summer selling ice blocks, by 24 he was a millionaire and now, after a career that has seen him raise $1.5 billion in venture capital, he charges ...