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Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012

... and cutting spending," he said. "While markets may be volatile post-election, we believe that over the longer term, US equities will gain support from the fundamental strengths of the economy." "America is benefiting from a revival in the housing market ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012

... gains in Europe and the US. "We just saw a slightly positive performance in European equities which fed through to US equities," he said. He said trading was still expected to be subdued until a winner was announced in the US presidential election. "The ...

William Blair appoints head of distribution in Australia

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

... William Blair Investment Management provides portfolio management for global equities, emerging markets equities, US equities, US fixed income, and alternative assets. FranASois joins William Blair from Provident Capital where he was head of distribution ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL | FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012

... complete postponement of tough decisions on how to tackle the deficit. This would likely see higher volatility and US equities returning in the 0-10% range for 2013. The best-case scenario for equities would be what HSBC terms 'The Middle Road' - a combination ...

New Aus equities product for BGC

BEN COLLINS | WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

A license to offer equity options and cash equities products has been granted to global brokerage company BGC Partners (BGC) by the Australian Securities Exchange. Set to launch 1 October, BGC said the products would boost the firm's range of over-the-counter ...

Fidelity expands local team

MELANIE TIMBRELL | THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed former CFS executive Andrew Mellor to the new position of associate director consultant relationships. Reporting to Katie Whiffen, director of research and product, Mellor will work representing Fidelity's ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS | WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012

... growth in the region, said Aris Vatis, a Fidelity Worldwide Investments equities portfolio manager who specialises in US equities. "The big multinationals like Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson and McDonalds now generate large portions of their revenue from ...

Schroders restores Aus equities team

MELANIE TIMBRELL | THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012

Schroders has appointed two analysts to the Australian equities team, taking the team back to 13 following departures in March. The new appointments, David Heard and Ray David, were made in response to Kent Jensen and Alex Mears leaving the firm in ...

CalPERS awards Citi $28bn in securities lending assets

RACHEL DAVIS | THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012

A securities lending auction of US$43 billion in US equities for the California Public Employees' Retirement System has awarded Citi exclusive borrowing access to US$28 billion of the assets. The auction was conducted in the by eSecLending, a global ...

China needs active management: Fidelity

MELANIE TIMBRELL | WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012

... exchange. "[One of the reasons] the S&P did relatively well last year, even though a lot of retail investors got out of US equities, was the companies, who were in relatively good shape, were doing massive buybacks." "The Chinese government has [now] ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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