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AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... also for April and the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for the same month. In equities news, Westpac posts first half results and Leighton Holdings first quarter results. In Australia, the market on Friday closed ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... quarter producer price indexes while the Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases new home sales figures for March. In equities news, Macquarie Group is expected to post its full year results, Myer is slated to release its third quarter results and ...

Australian investors 'conservative and pessimistic': Legg Mason

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... believe the future generation will face a more difficult environment, compared to 46% globally. Legg Mason Australian Equities chief investment officer Reece Birtles said: "Australian seem quite insecure in terms of how well they think they're doing ...

CFS launches range of SMAs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... market for implementation of those portfolios." The most growth oriented is the core equity, which has 99% allocation to equities and 1% to cash. The most conservative, meanwhile, has 11% in Australian equities, 9% in international equities, 5% in property ...

BetaShares passes $1bn milestone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... provider of exchange traded funds, with 13 different products currently available to Australian investors, including equities, currency, commodities and cash exposures. "Since its inception BetaShares' aim has been to broaden the universe of investment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... Inquiry head David Murray is slated to provide an update on the inquiry at an Australian Business Economists lunch. In equities news, ANZ and BT Investment Management are expected to post first half results; Henderson Group, Bell Financial Group, IRESS ...

New fund to give retail investors access to volatility index

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... offers daily liquidity and it limits loss to 5% in a VIX expiry month. "It is possible to hedge out the risk of holding equities via options on the VIX Index," Ho said, and added that "although this has been recognised in international markets, it is ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... Locally in economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will release March financial aggregates figures. In equities news, Woolworths releases third quarter sales figures, Australian Pharmaceutical Industries is expected to post its first ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... said. Fuelling the Future Fund's returns during the past year has been a reweighting of the portfolio into international equities and alternatives away from debt securities and cash. According to the Future Fund's latest portfolio report its international ...

Perpetual appoints senior JANA investment exec

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... investment solutions; consultant and head of absolute return research team and research associate (alternatives and global equities). At Perpetual Investment O'Dea will be responsible for leading the team's wholesale balanced, diversified and conservative ...