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Down markets make good investments cheaper: Perennial

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... accessed in today's market around the world," said Thomas. According to the Perennial Investors Index, after months of volatility, April was positive for most investment asset classes with hedged global property leading the way. The index revealed growth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... Wesfarmers and Woolworths." Mr Walker said there was increased stability in the local market. "We're certainly seeing less volatility in the market in recent weeks. "We're not seeing the massive swings from one day to the next that we were seeing a month ...

Kelly plans changes at Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... and financial framework" and its "excellent governance". She said those strengths had helped the bank get through the volatility of the past six months or so in very good shape. Yesterday the bank reported a net profit of $2.2 billion for the six months ...

Westpac net profit up 34pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... chief executive officer Gail Kelly said Westpac's profit result demonstrated that it is "managing the current market volatility very well". However the bank's wealth management arm, BT Financial Group, suffered a 10 per cent drop to its interim profit ...

NAB buys stake in Pengana

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... interest there." He said the firm received a lot of interest from offshore clients in its Global Resources and Global Volatility Fund. "We're finding a lot of interest in Ric Ronge, our global resources manager. I think it's a combination of the people ...

AMP Fin Services Q1 cashflow drops $624m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... difficult market conditions for the slowdown in cashflows. "While mandated super flows provide a steady base, market volatility has led to a decrease in discretionary superannuation contributions across external platforms as well as retail and corporate ...

RaboPlus adds BlackRock Global to platform menu

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... (Australia) invests in global shares, emerging markets and can alter its fixed income exposure depending on equity market volatility. Merging active management with globally diversified exposure to growth and defensive assets, the fund has generated ...

AXA numbers down, outlook up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... million. Meanwhile, wealth management net inflows also fell by 33 per cent to $942.1 million. The group blamed market volatility for the quarter numbers. Over the same period, the S&P/ASX 300 and MSCI World, excluding Australia, were down 14.6 per cent ...

Big Day Out for advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... also received insight from Franklin Templeton Investments' portfolio manager Peter Wilmshurst, who said current market volatility created increased buying opportunities while the US looks set for a rebound. Excellent value also exists in healthcare ...

Concise targets midcaps

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... this for a long time and what's been fortunate for us in one way or another is that we've missed out in a lot of the volatility that's happened so far," said Concise Asset Management chief executive, David Parr. "What we've tried to do is identify space ...