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BetaShares launches currency ETF

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
New Sydney-based exchange traded fund (ETF) provider BetaShares has launched a new ETF in Australia that tracks the performance of the US dollar relative to the local currency. Trading under the ASX Code 'USD', BetaShares U.S. Dollar ETF tracks the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market was firmer at noon as concerns over Egypt supported higher oil prices and led to gains among energy-linked companies. At 1212 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.6 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 4,765.5, while the ...

APRA releases 2010 fund level returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
APRA has released its 2010 fund level data league tables, showing that measured by the controversial 'whole of fund' metric that Australia's top funds are the corporate funds Goldman Sachs, CommBank Officers and Worsely Alumina. Sitting in fourth, fifth ...

AustralianSuper posts solid quarter

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
AustralianSuper has posted a solid set of performance numbers across its investment options in the past six months, with all of the fund's pre-mixed options, bar one, beating their respective benchmarks. The super fund has posted its investment returns ...

Westpac to launch more structured products for SMSFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Westpac has flagged plans to launch a number of structured investments over the next 12 months, starting this month with the release of self-funding instalments (SFIs) designed for SMSFs. SFIs are ASX-listed products that allow investors to buy shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving generally positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices rebounding from heavy losses on Friday. Precious metals were mixed, but oil prices surged. On the ASX 24 at 0738 AEDT, the March share ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Trouble on the Nile? What trouble? Oh yes, all eyes are still glued to the evolving story about the political unrest. But after Friday night's knee jerk reaction on Wall Street, the temporary fear over the unfolding Egyptian saga proved just that... ...

Future Fund returns 7.5pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
The Future Fund has posted a 7.5 per cent return in the year to December, with the performance attributed to more investments towards equities and alternatives, and continuing reduction in its debt and cash holdings. According to the fund's December ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
Better the mole you expect. America's still whacking its mole of tepid economic growth with the twin hammers of the US Federal Reserve's US$600 billion QE2 and the Obama administration's fiscal largesse. So far these twin hammers appear to be doing ...

Solaris rated 'highly recommended'

FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Solaris Investment Management has received a 'highly recommended' rating from Lonsec for its Core Australian Equity Fund and the High Alpha Australian Equity Fund. This is the second consecutive year the fund's Core strategy has received Lonsec's highest ...