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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
Australian stocks have opened 0.75 per cent weaker, with the big miners leading the broader market lower. Metals and minerals stocks were the worst-performing sector, falling two per cent, according to IRESS data. The materials sector - which represents ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
Go ahead punk, make my day! This is basically what the Parliament of itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie Cyprus told its Goliath paymasters when it rejected their demand to impose a tax on bank deposits as a pre-condition to their salvation. Not one of the 56 ...

Super members fail to top-up amid 'perfect storm'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
As many as two thirds of Australians are failing to make extra superannuation contributions to meet the expected shortfall in retirement funding, a new report commissioned by Club Plus Super shows. According to the report, an increasing number of people ...

Model portfolios vulnerable to avoidable risks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Many of the model portfolios used by financial advisers to meet investor objectives are susceptible to market shocks and hidden risks, according to a study by van Eyk's Portfolio X-Rays initiative. The consulting service examines a model portfolio to ...

Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Hostplus has awarded a $100 million mandate to Dundas Global Investors (DGI) through the Apostle Dundas Global Equity fund, Financial Standard can reveal. The Edinburgh-based fund manager's investment approach centres around global equity portfolios ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Hedge funds globally have been forced to lower their fees as returns have failed to meet investors' expectations, says PIMCO executive vice president Ryan Korinke. Hedge fund fees tend to be the most expensive of all active managed options available ...

AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
AXA Investment Managers has announced the launch of two new smart beta products, designed as alternatives to index trackers. The AXA IM SmartBeta Equity and AXA IM SmartBeta Bond strategies use rules based filters to reduce exposure to risks associated ...

BFO board adds Vamos and Chronican

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
The Banking and Finance Oath (BFO) announced today that CEO of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Pauline Vamos and CEO of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group in Australia Philip Chronican will be joining its board. Vamos ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Is this the tiny pebble that trips the bull? I planned to discuss how being in cash is an even riskier proposition at this precise moment in time because of its negative inflation-adjusted returns and using as lead "The Daily Telegraph's" story about ...

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Fund managers of all shapes and sizes and from all over the world are vying for institutional mandates in what many see as a perfect window of opportunity in the emerging markets space. A renewed appetite for riskier assets, increasing funds under management ...