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'Twilight pool' block trading venue to launch in 2015

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... trading. If we can get to 5% of that initially, we'd be very comfortable with that." Weinberg said he had consulted all the major fund managers and super funds with in-house investment capacity, and that they responded well to the idea. He said if the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... and iron ore prices. IG market strategist Stan Shamu says the market is lacking a catalyst to trade much higher. "The only major development from overnight trade was that commodities pulled back again, so some of the resource names are giving back the ...

Alternatives industry body launches Australian branch

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... and our expansion has mirrored the global growth in investor interest in the asset class. "Australia and Australians are major investors in alternatives. With that in mind, we are delighted to launch the CAIA Australia Chapter as a new educational and ...

AllianceBernstein hires Australia retail sales manager

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... the mandates received this year, which include a mandate from Catholic Super for its Managed Volatility Equities Fund and major fixed income and equities mandates for other institutional clients. AllianceBernstein has launched four retail funds since ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... Westpac dipped 11 cents to $32.13 and ANZ fell 17 cents to $31.49. US stock markets fell overnight after the share price of major retailers and tech equities, including Walmart, dropped after the National Retail Federation estimated the average shopper ...

AustralianSuper appoints Principal to advise on US real estate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... office strategy, effective immediately. The non-discretionary mandate will focus on large, high-quality office investments in major US markets, including New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Investments will be made either ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... quarter. Also due out are the Dun & Bradstreet expectations survey and the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday fell almost two per cent, with energy stocks tumbling ...

Market wrap PM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... had lost $1.33 to $57.77 and Fortescue Metals had shed 17 cents to $2.77. "The one now really to watch is BHP - their two major players which is iron ore and petroleum, both of those commodities are in bear markets," Mr Lucas said. Among the major banks ...

New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... yield curves, foreign exchange rates and volatility. The outputs of the VCMM deliver reasonable return expectations for the major asset classes, with forecasts presented as projected 10 year annualised returns. "On present modelling, over the next 10 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... Petroleum dropped $2.13, or 5.54 per cent, to $36.34, and Santos plunged $1.18, or 10.16 per cent, to $10.43. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank was off 50 cents at $81.00, National Australia Bank backtracked 23 cents to $32.70, Westpac retreated ...