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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
SYDNEY, Sept 10 AAP - Australian stocks have opened firmer, with gains among the big miners offsetting weakness among financial stocks. At 1029 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.6 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4,337.4 points, while ...

IAG urges Asia focus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Australian companies need to seriously start looking at investing in Asia or risk falling further behind the eight ball, warns Mike Wilkins, managing director at IAG. By the year 2020, Wilkins said, middle class consumption in Asia - excluding Japan ...

Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index surged in July, with the rise sufficient to push rolling 12 month returns up to 3.1% - their highest level in 11 months. The strong bounce-back was triggered by the 4.2% July monthly return from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, after Wall Street on Friday closed up on hopes disappointing US jobs data will lead to Federal Reserve economic stimulus measures. At 0740 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures ...

Faith in monetary policy spawns new investment theme

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
AllianceBernstein's global thematic investment team has adopted a new theme focused on zero interest rate policy designed to focus on the impacts of monetary policy as the fiscal driver is lost. Fallout from the GFC resulted in heightened cyclicality ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with resources companies leading the market higher amid broad-based gains. At 1030 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 36.3 points, or 0.84 per cent, at 4,349.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
"We have just taken a very important decision, it is a fully effective backstop for removing the tail risk of Europe." With these words, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi put a stop to months of speculation, hearsays and guesswork. Mario ...

15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Assets held by Australian super funds grew faster than any other country's during the five-year period to the end of 2011, said research by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Growth in assets of Australian funds in the Top 300 funds globally ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Australian pension funds are ahead of the curve with their allocations to real assets, but could further exploit opportunities overseas. Australian super funds currently invest an average 17% of their total portfolio in real assets, although in reality ...

Australian foundations sample impact investing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Philanthropic foundations need to look to impact investments, including allocating from the corpus to market rate investments where they align with the foundation's mission and programmatic goals. Chief executive of the Global Impact Investing Network ...