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IFM consortium wins Port Botany lease

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
A consortium led by Industry Funds Management (IFM) has won a bid for the long-term leases of Port Botany and Port Kembla. The consortium known as NSW Ports includes some of Australia's biggest industry superannuation funds - AustralianSuper, Cbus ...

Still opportunities for flexible bond managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
Finding good returns in the fixed income market in 2013 is going to take a lot of flexibility, according to global fixed income giant Amundi. Equity market volatility and the compression of bond yields around the world has made fixed income assets a ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
I hate to tell you I told you so but...I told you so. Yes Virginia, I hate to tell you I told you so but...I told you so. Yes Virginia, the Fed's monetary magic continues to work its magic on the equity markets. Wall Street's running up and setting ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open stronger after US stocks powered to record highs. At 0754 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was 38 points higher at 5,002 points, with 3,250 contracts traded. In economic news on Thursday ...

CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
The Colonial First State Wholesale Equity Income Fund has marked its five-year anniversary with strong performance figures. Since its launch at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, the strategy has had significantly lower volatility than the ...

ETFs boom on SMA model portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
Exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings on OneVue's unified managed account (UMA) platform have tripled in the last nine months, new data shows, and migration to model portfolios highlights greater investor sophistication. The spike on OneVue's platform ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher after investors regained some of their appetite to buy. The big miners and the major banks made early gains. IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said investors were using recent dividend payments to ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
"Safe-haven" Australian infrastructure and property assets are seeing a wave of interest from Canadian pension fund investors, according to The Trust Company. Fresh from a visit to some of Canada's leading pension funds, Andrew Cannane, general manager ...

Superannuation reforms will affect few: ASFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the government reforms on superannuation announced last week will affect few individuals with less than $2 million in super. ASFA said the confusion has arisen due to the fact that many ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Increased regulation of global financial institutions is preventing the recovery from taking root, according to a new report from Standard Life Investments (SLI). While the Edinburgh-based asset manager, which has a growing presence in Australia, is ...