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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Australian shares are higher, with mining giants and mid-sized financial companies leading the gains. A better than expected consumer sentiment reading also gave the market a small boost. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said rising ...

Macquarie Dividend Run-Up fund launched

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... falling and confidence rising, investors and SMSFs are actively returning to the share market to benefit shares offering yield and the potential for higher returns. MSI said distributions from dividends and potential capital growth within the Macquarie ...

Great rotation is all in the mind: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
The great rotation from bonds to equities is not happening, according to PIMCO Australia and Equities Trust (EQT). During the 2013 financial year PIMCO/EQT's Australian fixed income funds saw net inflows of over $1 billion, including almost $236 million ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... and $176bn), infrastructure (4% and $128bn) and commodities (4% and $118bn). "Global investors continue their search for yield and accordingly maintain their strong interest in real estate. We also see increasing interest in infrastructure as an asset ...

Dismiss fixed income at your peril

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... income. The Goldman Sachs Income Plus Fund, co-managed by Bell, is made up of cash, Australian fixed interest, global high yield, A-REIT and infrastructure equity assets. It is actively managed to provide investors with tactical weightings to each area ...

Infrastructure boom set to continue

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... March 2013. Lonsec senior investment analyst Andrew Coutts attributed the strong performance to a lift in global demand for yield during the period. "Over the past year, the sector has been the beneficiary of investor preference for yield and defensive ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite strong gains on Wall Street following good jobs data. At 0754 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 13 points at 4,781. In economic news on Monday, the Australian ...

Retirees warned: beware the 'great rotation'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... the investment strategy in the post-retirement world is generally centred on capital protection, inflation protection and yield generation," he said.

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
What the...? Wall Streeters must have smoked or drank some heavy stuff ahead of America's 4th of July holiday celebrations. All three of America's benchmark equity indices - the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq - closed higher while most other equity ...

Westpac launches tailored info service for online investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... individual share portfolio and trading behaviour. It will provide information on the clients' existing shares, but also find high-yield shares that are going ex-dividend within the next 30 days. "Our most recent client survey showed that investors put ...