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Zenith review yields top 35 funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... Zenith's opinion exclusive use of these types of products is not in the best interests of investors particularly during bear market conditions."

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... great exuberance today and maybe we won't finish the week so strong." "There are diametric views - is this just a bear market rally? or dead cat bounce? or the real thing? The flaws in the argument are winning the debate today." Mr Smith said Commonwealth ...

Away for Easter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Oh no! Not another bear market rally. While we were sleeping, Wall Street stumbled again overnight. After four weeks of consecutive gains, Wall Street took a breather last night and gave back a little of its previous gains. Yes, you read it right - ...

Hunter Hall says sorry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... gold-related companies, Hall said they have a buffer to withstand further market volatility while they start buying into bear market opportunities. "[The cash and gold are] our safety net. But what these markets offer Hunter Hall is to move up the food ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... extend the market's winning streak to four days as investors appeared upbeat on prospects for an end to a grinding bear market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 53.92 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 7,223.98. The tech-heavy Nasdaq added 5.40 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... dropped 248.42, or 3.37 per cent, to 7,117.25, well below the low it reached on Oct 9, 2002, the depths of the last bear market. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 24.48, or 3.18 per cent, to 745.57, below the Nov 20 low of 752.44. The technology-laden ...

ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Exchange traded funds (ETF) assets are set to eclipse the $1.6 trillion mark in the next two years - $500 billion more than its current assets, new research by Strategic Insight shows. Assets in global exchange traded funds raked in more than $1.1 trillion ...

Asia FMs to wield more power

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... Admittedly, Asia was not immune from the market turmoil but its cash-rich fund managers are better placed to pounce on bear market bargains. "Asset management across Asia will continue to benefit from stronger economic growth rates relative to other ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... consumer discretionaries, industrials and financials. "It's pretty ugly," Mr Potter said. "We're in the depths of a bear market and no-one knows when it is going to stop. "The materials sector is being hit heavily by concerns over the economies of our ...

Alaskan fund appoints HarborVest Partners

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The $43 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporations (APFC) is not letting the bear market slow its private equity investments as the fund hires HarborVest Partners to manage a new PE portfolio. APFC last week appointed US investment specialist HarborVest ...