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AllianceBernstein launches tail risk protection strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... by the bell curve diagram of probable outcomes commonly used in statistics," said Michael DePalma, AllianceBernstein's New York-based chief investment officer for quantitative investment strategies, during a visit to Australia this week. "But we know ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
"Bye, bye miss American pie..." and pastries from Japan and China. Equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town dropped like flies over the past 24 hours. It would have been easy to put this down to the usual garden variety correction were ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... at 5,062.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 101.3 points, or 1.97 per cent, to 5,040.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished slightly lower, little-affected by a sharp selloff in Asian and European markets led by the 7.3 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... at 5,165.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 14.1 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 5,142.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks ended lower after a choppy day of trading as the market weighed exit signals on the Federal Reserve's exceptionally ...

IFM wins $300m Cbus cash mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... of the largest pension markets in the world. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with offices in Sydney, London and New York, IFM manages over $46 billion across four asset classes - infrastructure, listed equities, debt investments and private eq ...

Cbus chair Steve Bracks to resign

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... Bracks will resign as chair of the Cbus board to accept a federal government position as Australian Consulate-General in New York. Bracks joined the board in 2009 and his resignation will become effective from 1st September 2013. "Under Steve's leadership ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... economic figures from the US came to an end, with falls in industrial production for April and manufacturing activity in New York state in May. St George economist Janu Chan said the figures dampened hopes that the US Federal Reserve was getting ready ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... cent, at 5,210.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 3.7 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 5,194.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks traded largely flat under the shadow of poor Chinese economic data and a slight gain in US monthly retail sales. ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... US$1 billion for George Soros in 1992 when he bet against the pound - declaring at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference in New York last week that the Australian dollar will, not would, will "come down and come down hard". This makes sense given his prognosis ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... cent, at 5,206.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 10.5 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 5,191.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks overcame a choppy day of trading and closed at fresh all-time highs as Group of Seven finance chiefs met in Britain ...