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Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... at The Trust Company, said Canadian funds were attracted to the relatively high yields available and also the quality of Aussie infrastructure assets. "Coupled with Australia's reputation as a safe investment haven, its robust regulatory regime, the ...

Most equity investors upping overseas exposure: survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
More than half of active Aussie share investors want to increase their exposure to international stocks but are held back by a lack of knowledge and available research, according to a new survey conducted by Skaffold. The equity research company, which ...

Frightened eurozone savers to buy Aussie dollars

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... or in backyards. It could lead to money flowing to perceived safe havens including, incredibly, Australia," he said. The Aussie dollar, already overvalued, has rallied to US$1.05 in the wake of the Cyprus haircut and Abernathy believes this latest policy ...

Cypriot banks to re-open sans banking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... check-out any time you like, But you can never leave!" - Hotel California (Eagles) Tonight at exactly 2100 hours (9pm) Aussie time, banks all over Cyprus will re-open and from what I read, it's not like Hotel California. You cannot check out anytime ...

CalPERS awards $500m multi-asset mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... Australia a fortnight ago promoting the fund to superannuation funds and other institutions, though it has been available to Aussie investors since 2009. It aims to post a positive return in all market conditions over a rolling three-year basis and has ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... higher at $36.70. Making news on Thursday, the competition regulator said it would not oppose CBA's proposed takeover of Aussie Home Loans. CBA, which already held 33 per cent of Aussie and was looking to acquire the remaining 67 per cent stake, was ...

SSgA launches low-risk global equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... investors will get the benefit of a currency-hedging overlay to so that the strategy is not hurt by fluctuations in the Aussie dollar. The stock screening process eliminates names that have volatile earnings growth and a 1.5% weighting limit on any one ...

Shortage of reliable Aussie income products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... the most volatile income streams. Australian term deposit returns have fallen some 30% in recent years and Birtles says Aussie retirees can ill afford such unpredictability. Equities, meanwhile, have continued to grow their dividends during a difficult ...

ASIC eases fears on high frequency trading

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... far less in the Australian market than is common elsewhere. According to the regulator, the average holding period among Aussie traders is 42 minutes, compared with seconds elsewhere. It added that most traders have order to trade ratios of around 4:1 ...

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... opportunity in the emerging markets space. A renewed appetite for riskier assets, increasing funds under management in the Aussie superannuation system and a lack of capacity in the very best and biggest active managers have conspired to make the emerging ...