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Corp bonds dominate UK sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Corporate bond funds remain the most popular products among UK investors, with the asset class making up a quarter of the sales on the Cofunds platform in May. The latest figures from the UK-based investment platform found the top three selling funds ...

Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Pension funds around the world are expected to pump up their $547 billion hedge fund allocation by more than $60 billion before December as they look to balance assets and liabilities, new research shows. Hedge fund managers are expected to heap an ...

Goldilocks Budget 2009

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Most Australians by now would be suffering from Budget diarrhea. For there is no escape...everywhere you turn, it's Budget 2009 - the second for the Rudd Government and the first in contemporary Australian history of a tough one. Those were the days. ...

Bond funds top UK platform flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Half the transactions through one of the largest platforms in the UK, Cofunds, flowed into corporate bond funds during this year's first quarter, according to the firm's latest report. According to the latest platform flows report from Cofunds, more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following big gains on all world markets as world leaders announced new plans to mend leading economies. At 0725 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 56 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
The Australian share market has received no leads from the US, with Wall Street closed for a public holiday. At 0737 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was two points higher at 3,500. In economic news today, the Reserve ...

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
Australians really are a spoiled bunch. Give them bread and they ask for cake. Give them cake and they question why not the bakery instead. And while you're at it, throw in a coffee factory - nay, the whole plantation - but be careful not to spend too ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was in the red at noon with lower base metals prices overnight weighing on mining stocks and as profit takers capitalised on solid gains earlier in the week. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.7 points ...

Instos target water usage

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
An alliance of 16 institutional and asset managers representing more than $2 trillion in assets including Souls Fund Management and Aviva Investors has sent a letter urging 100 major multinational company chief executives to carefully manage their water ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger today as the majority of world markets continued to make gains on the back of government action to stimulate economic activity. At 0803 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on ...