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ETF Securities ramps up for 2010

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
ETF Securities has gained $100 million in local funds to its exchange traded commodities product (ETC) and is looking to ramp up its local sales activity next year. Nigel Phelan, head of sales for Australia and New Zealand at ETF Securities, said the ...

ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... bottom fees is that the six investment choices are ETFs or based on ETFs managed by BGI (now BlackRock): a government securities fund, a bond market ETF, a US equities ETF, a US small cap ETF, an international equities ETF, and target date funds that ...

Ord Minnett appoints head of research

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... markets including Australia, London and New York. Prior to joining Ord Minnett, Scott was the head of research at LINWAR Securities, responsible for the equity analyst team, plus stock research of Australian agricultural and industrial stocks including ...

Wellington and Omega win ING mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... spreads peaking, investor confidence is on the rise and stability has returned to financial markets. "Yields on credit securities now appear higher and further analysis suggests they are fundamentally cheap. "The Optimix team believe we are presented ...

Sandhurst wins RE mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... (previously known as the AAA Saver) was launched 13 May 2005. The fund invests predominantly in residential mortgage-backed securities, selected asset-backed securities and appropriately rated liquid assets.

PIMCO to expand Australian product suite

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... centric bond ETF is tricky. "We haven't been an index manager traditionally so managing an index that has thousands of securities that are constantly dropping in and out is difficult and you have to have a reasonable amount in [the ETF] to make it work," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... trade in goods and services and housing finance for October. In company news, Stanmore Coal lists on the Australian Securities Exchange. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed marginally weaker amid relatively quiet trading, with financial stocks ...

ASIC proposal exposes investors to default risk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... welcomed by the industry but one bond manager warned its timing could pose a risk to retail investors. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is proposing to develop a listed corporate bond market, which aims to provide retail investors ...

REIT review shows signs of stability

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... flow. The AMP Capital Listed Property Trust fund's rating remained stable at 'four stars' and BT Wholesale - Property Securities Fund was upgraded from three to 'four stars'. Colonial First State's Whole Property Securities fund was taken 'off hold' ...

Future Fund targets credit assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... that needed capital and were prepared to provide very high spreads so we invested in local residential mortgage backed securities, the big four banks and high quality global banks," he said. "We found we could get very attractive returns on credit, which ...