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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... index has topped 100 since November 2013. GM announced six additional recalls, totalling 8.4 million vehicles in North America, following seven crashes and three fatalities. Locally, in economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) makes ...

Henderson set to acquire US fund manager Geneva

MARK SMITH AND AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... to date," the firm said. Henderson chief executive Andrew Formica said the developing the company's presence in North America was "a strategic priority." Geneva co-founder and managing principal Amy Croen explained that the Wisconsin-based firm would ...

NZ Super Fund invests in N American energy

PAUL MCBETH, AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... remainder going into the KKR Energy Income and Growth Fund, which focuses on unconventional gas and oil resources in North America. Matt Whineray, the fund's general manager of investments, A said the move seeks to latch on to the opportunity thrown ...

High net worth assets grow to $1.4 trillion

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... interest in global equities, with half of all HNW investors having exposure to foreign markets, particularly in North America. "However," Helmes added, "when you look at what proportion of total HNW assets is invested in overseas markets it is only 6 ...

QBE invests in Invesco property fund

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has invested into Invesco's North American Core Direct Property Fund, which invests exclusively in North American direct property assets. While Invesco would not reveal the amount of the investment, a spokesperson said that ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened flat following weak overseas leads from the US. Gains in heavyweight Australian mining stocks have been offset by falls in Telstra - which has gone ex-dividend - and fellow large companies Woodside Petroleum and ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... reaching $199.8bn in 2013. It is still comfortably the second most important region in the world for income, after North America. The US has increased its payouts 49% over five years, and is by far the largest source of dividend income ($301.9bn), accounting ...

Shale gas revolution could be worldwide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
The shale gas revolution of North America is "the big deal" and could become a worldwide phenomenon, according to T Rowe Price portfolio specialist, global equities Kurt Umbarger. Umbarger said that the US was "really, truly on the road to becoming ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
The Australian stock market has pushed higher as bargain hunting investors take advantage of the previous day's sell-off. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local market had pushed ahead despite a lacklustre lead from Wall Street. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
The Australian market was making gains in a surprisingly strong start in trading after a flat open had been tipped. International markets including the US rose overnight but the ASX has been bucking overseas trends and been on a downward trajectory ...