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Super funds chase CPI linked assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... infrastructure and commodities, included ten Australian alternatives managers with combined AUM of US$190.8 billion. This figure was up US$29 billion on the previous year but included one more manager. The results show continued belief in diversification ...

Yale returns tough to replicate: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
Super funds modeling their investment strategies on the highly successful Yale Endowment Fund should be careful, warns an academic. The Yale Endowment Fund (YEF) is famous for the high returns it achieves from investment in private equity funds, returns ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
The Australian share market continued to lose ground in intraday trading with uncertainty over the carbon tax, disappointing US jobs figures and China's surging inflation dragging shares down. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is set to open lower today on weak offshore leads and the impact of the federal government's carbon tax on specific stocks. At 0804 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract is 40 points lower at 4,600 ...

Cry of the banshee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... employment in June. But did you know that the household survey showed employment dropped by 445K -- yup also in June. So go figure! Is US employment improving (ADP survey), flat (establishment survey) or cactus (household survey)? For moi, I figure that ...

Hidden threat may lurk on bank balance sheets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
Real estate investors with interest only loans are the biggest threat to Australia's Big Four bank balance sheets, a senior equities analyst has said. While public attention has been captured by the Greek sovereign debt crisis and falling demand for ...

New mandate flows increasing but more cash lies in wait

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... trillion, an increase of four percent on the year, and a rise of 22 per cent from the post-crisis bottom in March 2009. The figure has not yet passed the high point of December 2007 where funds under management were worth $1.5 trillion, the report said. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... number above 50 indicates growth. Investors are avoiding any big moves until Friday's release of the official US employment figure for June, one of the most closely-watched indicators of the health of the US economy, analysts said. Bond prices rose. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was expected to open stronger today, despite the absence of leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0702 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,614. In economics news on Tuesday, the ...

OnePath arms planners with post FOFA program

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
OnePath is aiming to help advisers adapt to life after FOFA with the launch of its FutureReady program, providing information updates and tools to help advice businesses implement fee for service. FutureReady features online technical papers, transition ...