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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... government Paul Geason is scheduled to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Sydney. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday finished lower as weaker commodities prices and the prospect of higher ...

SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched an international equities exchange traded fund (ETF) for Australian investors. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia (Hedged) Fund will be hedged back into Australian dollars and begins trading on 9 July. Since ...

Dismiss fixed income at your peril

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... should be wary of ignoring fixed income and other income producing assets in the 'great rotation' out of cash and into equities, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) executive director of global fixed income Angus Bell. While recent comments ...

REST thanks overseas equities for high returns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... highest returns, with a whopping 32.95%. The combined overseas and domestic option returned just shy of 30%. "A strong equities market was a key contributor to REST's performance over the last 12 months," REST chief operating officer Paul Sayer said. ...

Fresh-faced Altair attracts ING and AMP talent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
Altair Asset Management has announced a string of appointments to its new Australian equities business, attracting talent from big names including ING Investment Management and AMP Capital. ING quantitative analyst Cindy Liu will become senior quantitative ...

Infrastructure boom set to continue

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... during the period. "Over the past year, the sector has been the beneficiary of investor preference for yield and defensive equities in the face of wider economic uncertainty," he said. Coutts added that professional investors believe the strong performance ...

Fidelity set to expand Australian presence

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... investment capability in Australia with a number of new products. The global asset manager's top-performing Australian equities provision will be grown to include a mid and small cap equity fund. The new strategy will invest in the ASX 300 minus the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... overseas arrivals and departures numbers for May while the ANZ job advertisements series for June is also due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market finished last week higher after recording its second straight day of gains. ...

Magellan boosts performance fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... billion more than in the previous quarter. Its retail funds under management were of $4.5 billion, including its Global Equities Fund, of $4.3 billion. Magellan wholesale funds under management were $10.1 billion of which 20% were beta style mandates ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for month just ended is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed one per cent higher as the military overthrow of Egyptian president ...