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Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... the rise among global pension funds. The report noted that pension funds are now increasingly searching for sustainable yield, and infrastructure presents the potential for funds to match long-term pension assets and provide diversification, said the ...

Treasuries still strong: ML

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... contrast to some punters who believe Treasuries are now proving to be very expensive as investors piling into the sector drive yield rates to levels not seen in a long time. "We're still very positive on Treasuries. "We think that the US economy will ...

Intech fixed interest tops IC survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
Intech's implemented consulting service takes the top gong in the Australian fixed interest and international fixed interest categories, according to a December quarter survey. The latest quarterly implemented consulting survey, jointly conducted by ...

Austock fund added to netwealth wrap

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Austock Asset Management's High Yield fund has been added to the Netwealth Investment Wrap suite. Jono Gourlay, Austock Asset Management business manager, said the netwealth platform targets boutique financial planning dealer groups which is also a ...

BNP Paribas upgrades client support

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
BNP Paribas Securities Services and New South Wales Treasury Corporation have teamed up to launch My Queries, a client support system developed by BNP Paribas, in Australia. My Queries is a web based automated query management and client support system ...

Free cash flow wins mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... flows, solid balance sheets and good management are key ingredients to the Grant Samuel Epoch Global Equity Shareholder Yield Funds. So far, the fund's strategy is holding the company's returns in good stead. Since its inception in May last year, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index dropped 39.52, or 2.63 per cent, to 1,467.45. Bond prices were mixed on Thursday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 2.62 per cent from 2.55 per cent late ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... 5.28 per cent, to 805.22, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 88.47, or 5.78 per cent, to 1,440.86. Bond prices fell. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 2.46 per cent from 2.34 per cent late on Friday. ...

Aberdeen Financials fund rated 'three star'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Research and ratings firm, Standard & Poor's has given the Aberdeen Financials Fund a 'three star' rating. The fund is managed using a bottom-up investment approach and features a low five per cent annual portfolio turnover. Mark Daniels, Aberdeen head ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... deepening - and so is the world's - have prompted investors to seek shelter in the relative safety of US Treasuries pushing the yield on 10-year maturities to a 55-year low of 2.08 per cent and 30-years to 2.55 per cent. For a quick reference, these ...