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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
Australian stocks were lower at noon, driven down by resources stocks and falls in commodity prices. The big miners weigh heavily on the ASX and were leading the broader market lower after gold prices were particularly hit hard in offshore trading after ...

Market Wrap PM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher. At 1015 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was UP 26.1 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 4,999.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index was 26.2 points, or 0.5 per cent, HIGHER at 4,994.2. On the ...

CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
The Colonial First State Wholesale Equity Income Fund has marked its five-year anniversary with strong performance figures. Since its launch at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, the strategy has had significantly lower volatility than the ...

Bullish markets boost demand for bespoke structured products

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
Improved investor sentiment fuelled by strong equity markets is resulting in growing demand for bespoke structured products, according to Instreet Investment. "In the current market environment, bespoke products appeal to advisors and their clients ...

Most equity investors upping overseas exposure: survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
More than half of active Aussie share investors want to increase their exposure to international stocks but are held back by a lack of knowledge and available research, according to a new survey conducted by Skaffold. The equity research company, which ...

Super funds at a 34-month high

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
The recovery in super fund returns is continuing with the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbing again to a 34-month high of 12.6% by end February 2013. Super fund returns over the past year are now so strong that they are three times ...

Market Wrap PM

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher. At 1015 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.3 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 4,987.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 23.3 points, or 0.47 per cent, at 5,003.2. On the ...

Transition to transparency, a case study

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Cbus has become one of the first super funds in the country to disclose information about their directors and board members as well as investment holdings in its annual reports and in its website, Cbus CEO David Atkin said yesterday at the CMSF. Among ...

AMP awarded $800m equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
AMP Capital has been awarded an $800m equity mandate by Insurance Australia Group (IAG), Financial Standard understands. The mandate has gone to the AMP Enhanced Index Share fund, which invests in companies listed on the ASX. The strategy combines strong ...

EQT lodges bidder statement for the Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Equity Trustees made public today the bidder statement for its offer for the Trust Company and lodged it to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the ASX and the Trust Company itself. The document provides key information about ...