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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia's index of commodity prices and the Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, both for January, will be released. Meanwhile, the RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index and ...

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... investments are often looking in the wrong place. "Investors are so focused on whether they pay a 10 or 12.5 or 15% performance fee, they may overlook how the performance fee is calculated," he said. Once Novarca has identified where an asset owner can ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... improving, but confidence is moving in the opposite direction because businesses have been disappointed at the government's performance, Bank of America Merryll Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake said at the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum in ...

BetaShares launches ASX-listed ETF for US equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... (ASX). The fund is the first of its kind in Australia and it aims to provide an investment return that tracks the performance of the FTSE RAFI US 1000 Index before fees and expenses. The BetaShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF will trade under the ASX code ...

WAM Research investment portfolio outperforms index by 10.1%

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... Company is committed to delivering a stream of rising fully franked dividends and the investment portfolio's positive performance has allowed the Board to raise the interim dividend," WAM Research chief executive Kate Thorley said.

Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Hedge funds accounted for over half of the asset growth across alternatives in 2014, despite their underwhelming performance during the past year, a Preqin report found. In 2014, hedge funds posted returns of 3.78%, which represents the lowest average ...

AMCIL suffers short-term performance dip

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Listed investment company AMCIL saw its half-year profit fall 23.8% to $2.8 million in the six months to 31 December but the fund is still ahead of its benchmark over the longer term. Revenue from investments was $3.6 million excluding capital gains ...

Macquarie Group upgrades profit forecast for FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... for this include the 6.5% Australian dollar depreciation since October, sales and trading volatility and increased performance fees from the group's managed funds, which went from $75 million to $373 million in the six months to September 2014. Chief ...

Praemium platform passes $3bn milestone

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... for the Australian platform and $1.2 billion (A£0.63 billion) for the international platform. The strong quarterly performance means the company remains on track to record a maiden underlying profit for the financial year. "We are very pleased with ...

LGS grows investment committee

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... committee. Bev Durston and Robert Swift are the new committee members and they will assist the fund in monitoring the performance of LGS' investment managers and overseeing the work of LGS' internal investment team and external asset consultant. Durston ...