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Janus launches Asia equity strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Australian investors will have access to Janus Capital International's Asia equity strategy, now available for institutional investors outside the US, which promises long-term growth of capital from 80% emerging market allocation. The strategy, launched ...

REITS, cash, equities the safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Australian REITS, cash products and equities have all been picked as the safest investment choices for advisers at the Midwinter Adviser Roadshow in Sydney this morning. Daniel Needham, managing director for Ibbotson Associates, told 380 delegates that ...

SMSFs cash deposits reflect volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
SMSFs trustees are hesitant investors with too much focus on cash deposits, moving $40 billion into cash products since 2009, according to a report from Vanguard and Investment Trends. This 'wall of cash', as the report calls it, has developed over ...

SMAs drive interest into concentrated Australian equity funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Separately managed account growth is driving interest in the concentrated Australian equity fund sector, research house Lonsec has said. Lin Ngin, senior investment analyst for Lonsec, said there had been an increase in concentrated strategies, with ...

Super returns crash below 5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Super fund median default rolling 12 month returns have crashed down from a rolling 12 month median return of 8.7% at end June 2011 to 4.9% at end July, according to the latest SelectingSuper fund performance survey. Despite the volatility, long-term ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Global pressure to contain debt is ironically one of the biggest threats to the world economy, warns the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde. Writing in the Financial Times, Lagarde said world economic confidence ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after Wall closed more than one per cent down following an earlier rally. At 0709 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 49 points at 4,256. There is no economic news ...

Northern Trust MD changes hands

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Paul Cutts, managing director for global custody provider, Northern Trust in Australia and New Zealand, will leave the local role for an international position and will be replaced internally by Rohan Singh. Cutts will be country head for the Channel ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after world markets rallied on hopes the US Federal Reserve would respond to mounting signs of weakness in the global economy. At 0750 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
The Australian stock market was marginally lower at noon, with gains in the gold and telecoms sector offset by weakness among energy and utilities companies. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.7 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,262.5 ...