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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... September share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,082. No major economic news is expected on Friday. In equities news, Lend Lease, Crown, Mirvac, Sims Metal Management and IOOF Holdings are expected to post full year results. In Australia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... market. "We're seeing some huge stress coming through the region, and people are now talking about contagion." In local equities news, Seven West Media said it lost $70 million last financial year - compared with a $227 million profit the previous year ...

Prime Value AM gets SIV approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Boutique Australian equities manager, Prime Value Asset Management, has become the latest fund house to cater for the foreign investors looking to gain residency in Australia via the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program. Its flagship Prime Value ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... September share price index futures contract was down 41 points at 5,038. No major economic news is expected on Thursday. In equities news, Insurance Australia Group, Seven West Media, Echo Entertainment, Pacific Brands, Origin Energy, Fortescue Metals ...

Legg Mason appoints former Deutsche Bank exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
Legg Mason Australian Equities (LMAE) has appointed William Baylis as multi strategy portfolio manager. Baylis is Deutsche Bank's former director, institutional equities, a role he held until September 2012. He was at Deutsche bank for 16 years, and ...

Aussie investors should have 90% of equity portfolio overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
While Australian investors now recognise they must broaden their horizons beyond domestic equities to take advantage of the growth opportunities available across the globe, favoured destinations like China and other South East Asian economies will not ...

Mason Stevens opens top Magellan fund to managed accounts

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... international equity portfolios in a managed account structure a little over 18 months ago, where prior to this only domestic equities were available. "Investors, particularity SMSFs, want greater visibility of their investments and managed accounts ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... 5,064. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out. In equities news, Suncorp Group, Boral, Asciano, PaperlinX, Super Retail Group, The Reject Shop, Seek and iiNet full are among the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... $168 million for the year to June 30 was down from $195 million. Its shares were 9.25 cents higher at $1.08. In other equities news, National Australia Bank posted a $1.7 billion net profit for the three months to June, up from $1.2 billion for the same ...

SSgA launches cheap lifestyle funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... market throws up. The final risk tool is designed to allow the managers to swing the portfolio meaningfully into or out of equities as volatility spikes and subsides. Importantly, this is done through cheap equity futures to mitigate the expensive impact ...