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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... and services data for October. The Australian Industry Group and the Housing Industry Association release their performance of construction index (PCI) for November. In company news, Myer and Washington H Soul Pattinson hold annual general meetings. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... departures statistics for October. The Australian Industry Group and Commonwealth Bank release their joint Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for November, while Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Philip Lowe will speak at the ...

Regal Long Short Aust EF 'highly recommended'

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... said the current environment is very well suited to long short investing. "We are seeing greater dispersion in the performance of different stocks reappear due to the changing economic environment and this enhances opportunities to create outperformance ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... settled lower in US trading. Mr Heffernan said some investors may have chosen to take profits following the strong performance of the local bourse the previous day. Gold stocks were the worst-performing sector on the local market at 1034 AEDT, having ...

Challenger ready for new capital rules

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... refinance the existing debt." Challenger also stuck to its full-year financial targets yesterday, and said the performance of its investments has improved. The company's net profit fell by 43% in the 2011/12 financial year to $149 million, due mainly ...

Multi-asset funds react to lack of diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... more traditional multi-asset class model. "They certainly don't want their retirement savings dictated to by the performance of equity markets," Gault said. The Lonsec report found that investors in this category are increasingly seeking outcome products ...

DUET Group approves internal management

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... eliminate externally paid management fees from 1 October 2012, thereby decoupling DUET's corporate costs from the performance of its securities price, which will provide greater control and certainty of operating costs," said Robert's speech, posted ...

EQT equity fund highly rated by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Equity Trustees Limited's (EQT) Australian equities fund has been given a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec. This was the first time the EQT Wholesale Flagship Fund had been rated by the research house. In its report Lonsec made particular reference to ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... the last one, three and five years. This goes some way to explaining why so few members are so unhappy with the performance of their funds. According to recent Roy Morgan research, just 42.5% of members of retail super funds said they were satisfied. ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... super fund members' allocations to equities has not kept pace with the rise in value shown by the strong recent performance of the Australian share market, the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey for September shows. The survey covered 1900 funds ...