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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
The Australian share market continued to strengthen in morning trade to be up by over 0.8 per cent at noon, led by the resources and banking sectors. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 39.8 points, or 0.85 per cent, at 4701.4, while ...

Future Fund adjusts long term asset allocation strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
The Future Fund's annual report released last Friday shed some light on how the fund uses its voting rights and why it has made changes to its its asset allocation strategy. In its annual report, the fund disclosed that since September '09, it had been ...

More defensive products hit marketplace

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
The launch of defensive, income-generating strategies continues to gather steam as product manufacturers look to tap into the sentiment of risk-averse investors. Russell Investments has unveiled two income-based multi-manager funds in response to increasing ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
If you're a betting man, this is your week. There's a trifecta of events coming your way. The nation will stop tomorrow for the race that stops a nation. Odds-on favourite is for So You Think to pass the finish line in strides. We shall see! But even ...

Clash of the titans on housing bubble

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
The debate over an Australian housing bubble resurfaced this week and two of the world's leading investment houses are on opposite sides of the argument. GMO's Jeremy Grantham, a self-confessed student of asset price bubbles and an outspoken believer ...

Media Super signs UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Media Super has become one of the latest super funds to adopt the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Media Super, the industry fund which caters to people in creative industries, said it believes companies that act in a responsible ...

Principal boutique launches currency fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Macro Currency Group has launched the Principal High Alpha Currency fund, a Dublin-registered qualifying investor fund with AUD$40 million of external seed capital. The Fund is a sub-fund of the Principal Global Opportunities Series and uses the same ...

Goldilocks QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Take this Friday off. For while we can talk... discuss... and argue about fresh economic stats, earnings reports, survey data out of America or even Fed speak, all these would no longer matter in less than one week from now. America's political landscape ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, pushed higher by positive annual profit results from major local banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 48.5 points, or 1.04 per cent, to 4,696.6 points while the broader All Ordinaries ...

More disclosure pose unintended risks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Increased board disclosure on issues such strategy can have the unintended consequence of confusing investors, some of Australia's leading company directors said. Speaking at the launch of research commissioned by the Australian Council of Superannuation ...