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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open to modest declines with no lead from the US and weaker base metal prices weighing on the local scene. At 0810 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange the September Share Price Index was down nine points to ...

CSRF doubles international equity holding

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
The Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) has announced it will double its emerging market holdings in international equities after a portfolio re-weighting. The move will take its exposure from 3 to 6 per cent in international equities ...

SWIFT protocols to slash transaction fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
Message transaction processing fees for investment managers, custodians and super funds could be slashed from an average $22 down to just 20 cents if they adopt the new SWIFTNet Funds protocols. SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications ...

Four pillars policy no longer relevant

Westpac chief executive David Morgan has lambasted the government's 'four pillars policy', suggesting it would only make the country's four largest banks, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB and Westpac more vulnerable to foreign ownership. Speaking at the ...

No multi-sector managers deserve five-stars: S&P

S&P Fund Services has awarded 28 multi-sector fund managers with a four-star rating but stopped short of recommending any of the fund managers among the 250 multi-sector funds analysed with the coveted five-star badge. The 2007 multisector report was ...

Scientific investing wins big

The number of institutional investors embracing quantitative fund products has jumped in recent years with quant manager Barclays Global Investors (BGI) Australia reporting a five-fold increase in funds under management (FUM) to $50 billion since 2000. ...

More alpha through lower trading costs: BGI

Fund managers can increase their 'alpha' returns not just through their stock picking skills but also through their ability to forecast trading costs, according to a new study. Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has released a report that shows reduced ...

Asset Super takes cash and splits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
Asset Super has taken a $110 million cash mandate from Macquarie Treasury Fund and split it between ING's active Enhanced Cash fund and Perpetual's passively managed Exact Cash fund. The move sees 55 per cent of the mandate go to ING, while 45 per cent ...

European vacation for investor capital

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
The world economy may no longer revolve around the US as investors' eyes turn elsewhere - US investors are finally noticing Europe's investment image makeover with some Western European economies proving particularly attractive. Where America has often ...

Barclays to buy ABN AMRO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... will own approximately 52 per cent of the new company, called Barclays Plc. While the merger will not significantly alter Barclay's Australian market ranking in terms of local FUM, ABN AMRO's $6 billion in Australian FUM (Rainmaker December quarter figures) ...