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Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... investment of choice among advisers with a 70:30 split in favour of the asset class. Howitt put forward a strong defense for Aussie equities, championing the investment potential of 'thoroughbreds' in the domestic market - companies with high returns ...

SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has announced the launch of two new exchange traded funds (ETFs), giving Aussie investors cheap access to international equities. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia ETF will begin trading on the ASX in the coming weeks ...

Conscious Capital launches Aussie equities fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
Conscious Capital has launched the Conscious Investor Fund, a highly concentrated portfolio aimed at wholesale investors. The fund will hold between only 10 and 30 stocks at any one time. The investment process centres on finding companies with proven ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
I'm an Aussie and I'll cry if I want to. I'll cry if I want to, I'll cry if I want to. My good pal, Alex 'yes we can' Dunnin - Rainmaker's Director of Editorial & Research - emailed me yesterday Malcolm Maiden's piece in the Sydney Morning Herald titled ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... cheaper stocks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner describes it as a relief rally following Monday's decline. The Aussie bourse is also following positive leads out of Wall Street, where markets looked through jitters in Asia about China's ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is, once again, the Australian furthest up the annual Forbes list of wealthiest billionaires, coming in at number 36. Forbes estimated her wealth at $17 billion and suggested that lower iron ore prices may have knocked a ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... "Investors should look again at their exposure to Japan." There are far fewer specialist Japan focused funds available to Aussie investors than there were back in the country's 1980s heyday. Rainmaker Information tracks just two: the $9.6 million BT ...

Media Super backs Aussie film industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
'Save your legs!' is a comedy cocktail of cricket and Bollywood music, a new movie backed by Media Super. The superannuation industry fund for media and arts professionals keeps supporting the Australian film industry through investing and loan initiatives ...

Aussie stocks best value for 25 years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Investors are now witnessing a once-in-a-generation value opportunity to enter the Australian equity market, according to AllianceBernstein chief investment officer Roy Maslen. AllianceBernstein is the latest of a swathe of big name asset managers to ...

Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... of $88 million into ASX-listed international equity ETFs indicate that the smart money may already have switched out of Aussie stocks. Turning his attention globally, Koesterich said that interests rates are likely to remain lower for longer than most ...