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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... March share price index futures contract was up five points at 4,694 with 3,953 contracts traded. IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas said while the market had opened fairly flat he was expecting it to fall during the day after a bad night for commodities. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 4,702 with 6,824 contracts traded. IG Markets market analyst Evan Lucas said he expected a day of steady trading on the Australian market after disappointing US trade figures released on the weekend ...

Further rate cuts to tempt investors back into risk assets: Lucas

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... fund trustees breathe a little easier, but it's still too early to hail the return of a bull market, according to George Lucas, managing director with boutique funds manager Instreet Investment. However, he wouldn't be surprised if another cut in official ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... off policy adjustments if rhetoric can help get the economy moving again, according to Instreet managing director George Lucas. Yesterday the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised the market by holding off on its decision to cut interest rates, citing ...

Instreet launches alternative

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... the basket value. It also offers known downside risk with losses limited to the initial investment amount," said George Lucas managing director of Instreet. "With a relatively small one-off payment providing larger exposure, investors can add an allocation ...

Structured products right for the risk-aware

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... upturns, while protecting the portfolio as a whole. This is despite the declining appetite for structured products, said George Lucas, managing director, Instreet. "It's not hard to understand why the inflows have fallen; investors are risk averse and ...

Instreet launches structured product

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... a three-year period. The Instreet Series Link 48A is a leveraged product designed to perform in subdued markets. George Lucas managing director at Instreet said it provides a three-year exposure to Barclays ComBATS VOLT 5.0% Excess Return Index. "What ...

Neuberger Berman expands team in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... was client and asset consultant service and relationship management for domestic and international institutional clients. Lucas Rooney, senior vice-president of Neuberger Berman Australia, said that the decision to add to the team now further reflects ...

Grexit sends investors running for bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... prompted traders to move to safe-haven investments. In his first interview since leaving office, former Greek prime minister, Lucas Papademos, who was in charge until the inconclusive national election earlier this month, speculated that other European ...

Instreet launches new structured product

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... Australia's big four banks and delivering quarterly fixed income payments at 11% a year. Instreet managing director, George Lucas said that the Financial Times reported recently about the growth in popularity of structured products in the independent ...