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Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
This week, this month, this year marked the fifth anniversary since US equities bottomed on 9 March 2009. The US subprime mortgage crisis that morphed into what is now termed as the global financial crisis sparked market volatility and heightened investor ...

Aussie shares out of favour as managed fund investors go global

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... equity asset class, following two years of outflows. Morningstar attributes the move of Australian investors to global equities to an increasing concern over domestic growth, to the investors' will to take advantage of the falling Aussie dollar and to ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... hard landing. That's what caused the fall in US and European equity markets overnight, the "tumble" in emerging market equities, the sharpest one-day drop in iron ore prices in over four years, the biggest two-session decline in copper futures in 28 ...

market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... had forecast. The disappointing data has led to a fall in commodity prices and a sell-off of mining stocks, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee said. "The iron ore miners are being sold off the most. The top three decliners on the market are Fortescue ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... Street finished mixed as a better-than-expected US jobs report helped offset anxiety over Ukraine that sent European equities lower. At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 16 points at 5,456. The monthly US jobs ...

Robeco fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The Fund is an active, long only, quantitative emerging-markets equities strategy. It invests in listed equities in global emerging markets and the strategy aims to be fully invested. Robeco's stock ...

EQT Global Equity Fund on BT Wrap and Asgard

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... manager David Myers said that over the past 12 months there has been a clear increase in the level of interest in global equities from advisers and their clients. "Advisers we have spoken with have told us they are seeking to position their clients' ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association's performance of construction index (PCI) for February is due out. In equities news, BHP launches its Five Rivers Conservation Project and Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski speaks ...

Insync Fund Management appoints senior analyst

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... Patel as a senior investment analyst and assistant portfolio manager. Patel works within Insync's flagship international equities fund, Global Titans. He reports to Insync's chief investment officer, Monik Kotecha. In his 16 years in the financial services ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... release January retail trade figures and international trade in goods and services data for the same month. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday rallied to a five-and-a-half-year high on renewed hopes of peace in ...