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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from the key Wall Street and European indices overnight, and from another drop in the price of crude oil and base metal copper, although precious metals were higher. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket remained in positive territory at noon after gains in the financial sector and among consumer staple stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 34.8 points, or 0.78 per cent, at 4513.9, while the broader All ...

Ipac funnels $50m into alts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
Ipac joins the fray of fund managers that are eyeing opportunities in debt securities - opening a new portfolio this year that is dedicated entirely to the asset class. According to Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at ipac which had $12 billion ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
September is upon us! Yes, that single month of the year which historically has been statistically observed to be the cruellest for stock markets. Forget the "Great Crash" of October 1929 or "Black Monday" in October 1987, October's historical average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The Australian share market may fall a little further on Tuesday after equity markets around the world slumped overnight on concerns about heavy losses in Chinese stocks on Monday. At 0718 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

Zurich's three-year health check spur mandate changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Zurich Investment Management has made dramatic changes to its Managed Growth Fund following a major review conducted once every three years. The changes follow a review with Mercer, the firm's investment consultant, which occurs every three years. Kansas ...

Aviva provides automatic insurance in super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Aviva is providing automatic life insurance cover to over 18,000 Business Super members. Business Super members only need $1,500 in superannuation savings to receive the automatic cover. No medical history or check is required. Around 9,700 members ...

... and unveils direct shares on platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
IOOF added direct shares functionality to the Pursuit Select platform. Nick Everingham, head of product and marketing at IOOF Portfolio Solutions, said adding direct share capability was one of the biggest addition to the platform the firm has made ...

All PE signs point to China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Western private equity infrastructure will shrink by around 30 per cent over the next few years - but the rapid growth of the Chinese PE market continues to attract the attention of institutional investors globally. Asia now accounts for around one-third ...

Temasek seeks more Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Australian fund managers with a focus on Asia should pay attention to the $160 billion Temasek Holdings, which recently flagged a new charter that would open its mandate book to more Asian and emerging markets fund managers. The Singaporean sovereign ...