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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday surged as investors piled back into resources and banking stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 75.5 points, or 1.63 per cent, at 4,731.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... out all of this year's gains. The two main contributing factors were some strong US economic data that led to Wall Street stocks rising and comments from China's central bank that eased fears about its credit crunch. The central bank said it would provide ...

Morphic receives Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... a long-short strategy with a long bias and adopts a screening process to reduce its investing universe from over 10,000 stocks to around 40, which it models and researches. The fund also uses futures and ETFs to achieve diversification and manage risk ...

Former Deutsche PM joins 90 West

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... his career at AMP Investments as a resource analyst and portfolio manager, managing $500 million in Australian resources stocks. He then moved to Zurich where he became sole portfolio manager for the asset manager's $2 billion equity portfolios, following ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 17.6 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 4,633.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed higher, helped by data showing more strength and confidence in the US economy and as worries eased over a credit crunch ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... commentary by the official Xinhua news agency said there was no shortage of funds in the financial system. NEW YORK - US stocks ended the day decisively lower on concerns about the Chinese economy but rallied well above their intraday lows as US Treasury ...

Mercer's new retirement fund puts emphasis on capital growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... more members approach retirement. "What our product is hoping to do is utilise a certain manager skill set to identify stocks that will do better in an after-tax sense compared with a before-tax return environment," Hughes said. The actively-managed ...

Environmental trends a boost for Impax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... the returns on offer, especially as major economies move to reduce carbon emissions and recycle more. "The universe of stocks has increased by around 10 times in the last 13 years and the number and size of M&A transactions have also significantly increased," ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... the day before last Thursday. The reason for the reversal? Allow me to quote Reuters quoting the Wall Street Journal, "...stocks rebounded after a Wall Street Journal analysis said the market may be misreading the Fed and that a reduction in bond buying ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 20.1 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 4,723.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished a turbulent day mostly higher as the market bounced back from two straight days of big declines after the Fed set ...