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SSgA launches US equity ETF

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... investors with instant access to a portfolio of more than 500 US companies. Its largest holdings include Apple, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson and General Electric. Amanda Skelly, head of SPDR ETFs for State Street Global Advisors said: "The introduction ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... week's US earnings calendar includes reports from banking giants including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, as well as Johnson & Johnson, Yahoo, Intel, IBM and General Electric. At 0630 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Portfolio disclosure's unintended consequences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... portfolio disclosure don't adequately reflect the commercial sensitivity of underlying assets held in their portfolios. Oliver Johnson, managing director for eFront in South East Asia, a global portfolio management solutions software provider servicing ...

Trend - up, down or up and down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... then down, the back up again... all in a day's trade. It was up on good first quarter earnings reports from Coca Cola and Johnson & Johnson, down on news of escalating tensions in the Ukraine, and back up again on US data indicating that the economy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... that saw the Nasdaq Composite index down nearly two per cent at one point. Stocks opened strongly on good results from Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola but then sank, with analysts at the time citing a rise in worries over Ukraine. But the subsequent ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... ability to compete as a regional financial services centre and has been heavily involved since promoting the concept to the Johnson Review in 2009. It said that the Asia Funds Passport would benefit Asia economies by allowing the centralisation of accounting ...

ATO doing a good job on SMSFs: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... not be in self-managed funds, he said the bulk fall into the former category. However, Wealthtrac managing director Matt Johnson said the ATO was not the best regulator for the job. "Would it be beneficial to have a regulator just in the SMSF space? ...

Windham wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... whereas Windham focus entirely on risk and managing those risks to offer a diversifying approach," Apostle director Greg Johnson said. The investment objective of the mandate will be CPI + 5% and will follow a similar strategy to that managed by Windham ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... both the S&P500 and the Nasdaq were higher, up 0.18 and 0.51 per cent, respectively, at 0650 AEDT. Solid earnings from Johnson & Johnson, Delta Air Lines and others boosted sentiment at the start of another busy week of fourth quarter earnings releases. ...

Dundas wins $240m super fund mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... volatility, a dual focus on capital and income growth and is a cost-effective addition to a portfolio," Apostle director Greg Johnson said. "Investors are responding positively to the proven experience and credibility of senior investment professionals ...