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Treasury buys stake in two boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
Treasury Group has expanded its boutique line-up, investing in absolute return manager AR Capital Management and Scotland-based global thematic equities manager Aubrey Capital Management. The deal means Treasury Group will own 30 per cent of each fund ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Run three days straight or for nine days with only a day's pause and you too would need a bit of a rest. This is precisely what Wall Street did overnight -- it stopped for a break. In financial market jargon this is termed as "consolidation." The Dow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open weaker after a rally on Wall Street came to an end as US economic data presented a mixed picture on the economic recovery. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

BOBisms

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
BOB has spoken and what financial markets heard was good. BOB, of course, stands for Bernanke, Obama and Buffet. But go back to yesterday's news and carefully read or listen to what the 'three wise men' uttered. Go on. Read again. Listen again. Was ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... been expected to boost retail spending - but no one expected it to be this big. Retail sales jumped by 2.7 per cent in August - markets expected a 2 per cent rise - after dipping by 0.1 per cent in the previous month. Remove automobile purchases and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was nearly one per cent lower at noon with weakness in the financial sector and as some investors anticipate the "September effect". At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 44.1 cents, or 0.96 per cent, at 4552 ...

Tax and dividend boost at OptiMix

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
OptiMix has introduced a tax and dividend optimisation strategy (TDOS) overlay to its wholesale Australian Equities portfolio. "This tax and dividend optimisation strategy aims to fill an important gap that results when investment managers pursue alpha ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open flat on Monday, led by losses on Wall Street and after a week of strong gains in most major markets. The Gold miners may gain after the price of the precious metal jumped while energy stocks may slump ...

Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... testosterone pumping across the Atlantic. Halifax reported that UK average house prices rose by 0.8 per cent to 160,793 in August - the second consecutive month of gains. And like Semenya, markets find that the global recovery have no ovaries. According ...

Martin Currie hires BDM for Asia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Martin Currie Investment Management hired former Vanguard Investments institutional business development executive, Ee Fang Chen, as business development director for Asia. Ee Fang was responsible for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong institutional business ...