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HSBC pitches low vol strategy to instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... term. The managers use a bottom up process and rebalance the portfolio twice a year. However, it has been holding some stocks since inception in 2012. Parker noted that current low bond yields have driven some investors towards more stable stocks that ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... are due out. In Australia, the stock market on Wednesday rallied on the back of a positive federal budget, with retail stocks leading the way. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 40.4 points, or 0.71 per cent, at 5,715.1. The broader All Ordinaries ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market is higher, boosted by energy and retail stocks. "The energy sector is certainly the stand-out early in the session on some gains in the oil prices overnight," OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said Woodside Petroleum ...

Former Mercer partner joins Cooper Investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... Andrew and Stephen, and the rest of our investment team, to focus purely on what we enjoy and what we do best - picking stocks." Schubert made the move after four years at Mercer where he was a partner and leader of strategic client partnerships and ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... results are due out. In Australia on Monday, the stock market was weaker as falls in banking, consumer staples and telco stocks overshadowed gains in resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 fell 9.4 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 5,625.2. The broader ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the market was around half a per cent higher, with resources stocks leading the charge. He said the market had been boosted by an interest rate cut in China, which is expected to support the country's ...

Pengana partners with queen of small caps

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... Australian dollars. Pengana Capital chief executive, Russell Pillemer, said the fund will invest worldwide, focusing on global stocks capitalised under US$10 billion ($12.7 billion), with a median market cap expected to be less than US$3 billion ($3.8 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the US economy added a solid 223,000 jobs in April ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... one third of a per cent, with the banks leading the recovery after two days of heavy losses. The big miners and energy stocks are the only sectors to be slipping, following a dip in crude oil and iron ore prices. A moderate lead from Wall Street, where ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... market on Thursday. At 0648 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,615. US stocks have pushed higher overnight as oil prices cooled and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba soared on strong sales. Locally on ...