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PM Capital launches global fund on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... to Australian-based investors." It's a widely accepted view that Australian investors' portfolios are underweight global shares, even though they understand the benefits of international equities. "Most investors are aware that offshore markets offer ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... profit-taking following the previous day's gains. The quiet trade on Friday brought an end to a torrid month for global shares and currencies dominated by fears over the end of the US Federal Reserve's stimulus program as well as the possibility of military ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... has turned the corner back into cactusville yet again? Remember what the headlines told us last week, Virginia? "Global shares, oil fall sharply on U.S. growth concern," printed Reuters. "U.S. Stocks Fall as Energy, Financials Tumble on Economy," says ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... expanded asset purchases - or promising to do it sooner than 2014 - better go short. The financial headlines say so. "Global shares, oil fall sharply on U.S. growth concern," printed Reuters. "U.S. Stocks Fall as Energy, Financials Tumble on Economy," ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... billion ($A83.37 billion)-a-month bond-buying introduced last year to support the economy and which has helped lift global shares. Tokyo fell 1.39 per cent, or 159.15 points, to 11,309.13 and Sydney slid 2.33 per cent, or 118.6 points, to 4,980.1, its ...

A-REITs come out on top in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... managed at least strong single digit returns last year with some delivering even higher. Australian equities and global shares (hedged) posted nearly 20% and global shares (unhedged) delivered 14.7%. Australian bonds returned 7.7% and international bonds ...

MLC expands Horizon portfolios

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
MLC will expand its MLC Horizon Series of portfolios with the introduction of a defensive global shares strategy to be run by a new manager, New York-based International Value Advisers LLC. The changes affect six of the seven MLC Horizon Series of portfolios ...

MLC adds strategies, lowers share exposure

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... strategies for four of its MLC Horizon Series, including allocations to three managers and limiting its exposure to global shares. MLC has made an allocation to a multi-asset real return strategy and an emerging markets strategy in an effort to further ...

YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... that pre-GFC, the OECD found that about 70% of the money invested in super funds was being invested in domestic and global shares, taking a large hit during the crisis. "Yet over the last 25 years, safe investments like Australian government bonds have ...

MLC shifts global allocation

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
MLC has shaken up its global shares strategy allocations with a new fund manager and dropping allocations to others. Taking effect immediately, MLC has allocated 11.5% to new manager Delaware Investments and dropped its 8.5% allocation to Capital International. ...