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ING opens up alternatives

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... now invest in alternative investments, and internationally, alternative strategies have outperformed traditional global equities, with less volatility. The investment complements ING's other capital protected product, the ING Protected Growth Fund, launched ...

Time for Aussies to go global with property: APN

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... said that Australian investors had a relatively small allocation to global property, especially when compared to global equities where allocations were much higher. And while more than 40 per cent of the assets of Australian listed property trusts (LPTs) ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

... up of their total portfolio - based on asset classes - where there are more funds held in emerging markets and global equities than in domestic equities. But the bigger challenge Negus said is retaining staff which is why they have introduced 'shadow ...

Global indexing hits $6.4 trillion

... normally defined as "active" are now getting indexed such as commodities, real estate investment trusts (REITS) and global equities. The hunt for 'alpha' returns has also resulted to funds flowing out of pure index funds and into semi-indexed funds or ...

GS JBWere global fund recommended by Lonsec

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... fund, managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management's (GSAM) global quantitative strategies team, who invest across global equities, fixed income and currency markets and other asset classes based on big picture economic themes. "A key benefit of the fund ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... their worst week in more than four years, as a rapidly diminishing appetite for risk fueled the latest leg of a global equities sell-off. The sell-off began on Tuesday, when China's benchmark stock index fell almost nine per cent, its sharpest drop in ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... the US overnight, markets fell as investors continued to pile into safer assets like bonds, following Tuesday's global equities sell-off. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 34.29 points to 12,234.34 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 3.65 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... 1.82 per cent in a choppy market as a rebound in US shares failed to comfort investors bruised by a sell-off in global equities in the previous session. The FTSE 100 closed down 114.6 points at 6,171.5, erasing this year's gains made before Tuesday's ...

Macq and Citi offer best of more worlds

... MQ Specialist Investment Management has launched a new platform that allows investors to access Asian equities, global equities and even water utilities stocks. "Water is a very hot topic, but up until now has been very difficult to access as an investment ...

Ignore global benchmarks: Aberdeen

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... don't offer much in the way of diversification, according to Aberdeen Asset Management, but a well constructed global equities portfolio can offer investors one of the most effective means of diversification available. Andrew McMenigall, Aberdeen senior ...