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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... import figures for June, while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is also due out. In equities news, BHP Billiton, Gindalbie Metals, Perseus Mining and Iluka Resources are slated to post quarterly reports. In Australia ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... that Australia can still count on its biggest trading partner for some lift, albeit smaller. How much higher domestic equities go would be contingent the success of the RBA's monetary policy accommodation and the weaker A$ in reviving business and consumer ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... 4,962. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its July board meeting. In equities news, Rio Tinto is scheduled to release its second quarter operations review. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher ...

BlackRock wins four NZ Super mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... four new mandates from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super). BlackRock will manage four new passive global equities mandates: passive global large cap equity, small cap equity, emerging markets equity and REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... launched a retail version of its popular Australian Share Concentrated fund and is considering doing the same for its World Equities multi-manager fund. AustralianSuper has been open about its strategy of bringing more investment professionals in house ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... the exception, pulled down by a fall in the precious metal's price and a rise in the US dollar. The positive mood in US equities came after US Federal Reserve board member James Bullard on Friday suggested the central bank should keep pumping money into ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release lending finance data for May and new motor vehicle sales figures for June. In equities news, Djerriwarrh is ex[ected to post ull year results. On the Australia the market on Friday, strength in the resources ...

IOOF appoints BDM to AET

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... services spanning two decades, Tisdell has worked at UBS, Godfrey Pembroke, Citibank, and BNP Paribas. He was director, equities markets group at Macquarie Bank, and most recently director, investment products at Royal Bank of Scotland.

ACFS flummoxed by SMSF cash trend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... The authors quote figures from 2011 that show cash was the second most popular asset class among SMSFs after Australian equities, accounting for 29.3% of investments. For retail and industry funds, cash represented around 3% of investments. "The high ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... In economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release Housing finance figures for May. In equities news, Inabox Group, a wholesaler of telco services to small businesses, lists on the ASX. In Australia, the market on Thursday ...