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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set to open higher as Wall Street posted a small rise and on better news from Spain, where borrowing costs eased. At 0820 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,123. In economic ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
I don't know if you're feeling what I'm feeling but I feel that the S&P 500 index is being quite a tease the past few days. While the Dow just went and did it - broken its record - the S&P 500 continues in flirt mode, heading towards it but not really ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
An industry spot poll found that financial advisers are open to switching from a 70:30 split on their domestic versus global equities allocation to a 50:50 following a well-argued case on the merits of investing more offshore. Attended by more than ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened slightly stronger after US markets continued to climb to new highs. The early gains were being held back by some nervousness in the financial sector and weakness among mining stocks, IG Markets strategist Stan ...

Fund stalwarts draw $6bn in Aus equities mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Of the $10 billion worth of mandates handed out to Australian equity managers in the past 12 months, a staggering $5.97 billion has been given to just three investment houses, data from Rainmaker Information can reveal. The three fund managers, which ...

Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Wall Street continues to treat us to the spectacle that is the running of the bulls. The Dow is now a full 2.0% away from its 2007 record and the S&P 500 is less than 10 points away from reclaiming its own. To be sure, there was some not so good news ...

Hedge fund inflows set to double

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
Record low bond yields and the return of global confidence should see inflows into alternative equity strategies more than double in 2013, according to PIMCO executive vice president Ryan Korinke. The hedge fund expert, who is over from the US to meet ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
See how they run, see how they run. The DJIA continued to soar to new record highs and it won't be long now till the S&P 5000 joins in the fun - it's less than 21 points (1.3%) away from its own 9 October 2007 top. A few more good days - or one very ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Australian stocks have opened firmer with mining companies leading the way. Burrell Stockbroking principal Richard Herring said the local market got a positive lead from Wall Street, where the Dow rallied to a new all-time high for a second day. However ...

Former Hunter Hall managers gather new FUM in Morphic

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Global equities fund manager Morphic Asset Management has reached $25 million in Funds Under Management (FUM) since it was funded last July by two former Hunter Hall global equity portfolio managers, Jack Lowenstein and Chad Slater. Lowenstein and Slater ...