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Former Bell Potter adviser sentenced to 5 years jail

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... Evans entered into contracts with individuals and self managed superannuation funds (SMSF) to invest in listed Australian equities and derivatives. According to ASIC, Evans provided false trading and performance reports, failed to repay the balance of ...

No scale effect in US endowment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... small funds with less than $25 million, the differential was only 0.3% compared to 0.8%. Scale effects in domestic US equities, global equities, fixed income and alternative asset classes were more significant with larger absolute returns in these segments ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... June share price index futures contract was down 20 points at 5,151. No major economic news is expected on Thursday. In equities news, James Hardie is due to have a full year results briefing. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower for a ...

Aussie equity investors urged to buy overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
UBS head of equities Nick Irish has urged Australian investors to look beyond their home bias and diversify their equity exposure with overseas shares. According to data from Rainmaker Information, average asset allocations for both not-for-profit (NFP) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment index is due to be released. In equities news, Myer is due to release its third quarter sales figures, while Adelaide Brighton, Iluka Resources and Petsec Energy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... Martin Parkinson is scheduled to address the Australian Business Economists' lunch on Budgeting in Challenging Times. In equities news, Financial services company Thorn Group is due to post full year results and Ruralco Holdings its first half results ...

Energy Super awards mandates to four managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Industry fund Energy Super has awarded $700 million worth of international equities mandates to four fund managers. Harding Loevner, Longview Partners, Sands Capital Management and Schroders have each won an unspecified share of the new allocation. ...

IFM wins $300m Cbus cash mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... offices in Sydney, London and New York, IFM manages over $46 billion across four asset classes - infrastructure, listed equities, debt investments and private equity.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... Meanwhile, AusAID's Australian Mining for Development Conference is on in Sydney,as is the Actuaries Summit 2013. In equities news, Leighton Holdings holds its annual general meeting in Sydney, while Optus provides an network update for 2013. In Australia ...

CommBank wealth division enjoys strong March quarter

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... Solutions platforms attracted combined net flows of $1.1 billion following a second consecutive quarter of strong flows into equities. Overall the bank reported unaudited cash earnings of approximately $1.9 billion for the quarter. Statutory net profit ...