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Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Local Government Super (LGS) has changed the manager line up of its $990 million international equities portfolio to suit a "core and satellite" approach, and it plans to do the same with its $1 billion Australian equities portfolio next. Peter Lambert ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... worse. But what is important is that the unknown unknown is slowly becoming a known unknown. Wall Street is happy. US equities have recouped all their 2009 losses and rose to a four-month high last night. The VIX index - or fear index - has fallen to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... 10,300 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market wasn't following US equities as closely as they had been. "We've fundamentally loosened the umbilical chord," he said. "When the US is up two per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... Wall Street overnight. By 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had fallen 102.1 points, 2.71 per cent, to 3666.9 after US equities slumped, amid concern bad debts on bank balance sheets will increase. The All Ordinaries index was down 101.5 points at 3620.8. ...

Gold will rally, bonds thrive: BlackRock

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... will see a tumultuous year that includes the rallying of long bonds, investment grade credit to outperform cash and US equities will recover before their European counterparts. One of the firm's predictions, where Asian equities will surpass developed ...

Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Super funds are holding firm on their exposure to US equities despite the Dow Jones Index slipping below 7,000, its lowest level in more than a decade. Melbourne based investment consultancy, JANA Investment Advisers head of investment outcomes, Ken ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Whew! Finally a bit of good news. Or rather investors chose to see the good rather than the bad. US equities closed last night's trading up more than 1 per cent, reversing early losses brought on by reports that initial jobless benefit claims jumped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower, after the falls in US equities, before attention turns to the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 64 ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Bad bank sparks optimism in US equities. Last night's decision by the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Markets Committee to leave interest rates unchanged at virtually zero was a no-brainer. How can it do otherwise when the deepening financial and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US equities declined on a disappointing result at Microsoft Corp and increasing concerns about America's banks. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 24 ...