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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... five-year high as it shrugged off the risks to the world's largest economy of impending federal spending cuts and bid up equities At 0630 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down five points at 5,069. In economic news on ...

Falling gold price a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... as a hedge against market risk because when equity prices are falling, it is seen as a good store of value. As global equities have enjoyed a significant rerating following greater policy support for the eurozone and a de-escalation of the fiscal cliff ...

Bond investors beware interest rate risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... Institutional investors who focus their investment strategies too heavily on the 'great rotation' out of bonds and into equities are likely to be caught out by the inherent risks that still pervade the market, according to a new report from the BlackRock ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Phew! We got passed that air pocket so easily, didn't we now? Equities are once again flying high. Never mind the still inconclusive Italian elections because judging from last night's Italian bond auction, financial markets aren't really that scared. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... expenditure, December quarter data and Housing Industry Association (HIA) posts January figures for new home sales. In equities news, Perpetual, Woolworths, Harvey Norman, Brickworks, Treasury Wine Estates and Challenger are expected to release first ...

Valuation drop for WHK if merger falls through: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... the clear risk in this current environment that they are unable to be fully translated to the bottom line," a Macquarie Equities Research paper noted earlier this week. WHK Group could hold out for improved terms, "but given the larger than usual bias ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release construction work done, December quarter, figures. In equities news, Westfield Group and Westfield Retail Trust are due to release full year results, as is Sydney Airport. Prime Media Group ...

AvSuper appoints Perpetual for a $75m equities mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
AvSuper has appointed Perpetual Investments for a $75 million Australian equities mandate. This is the first appointment that the Canberra-based superannuation fund has done in the last year and it is also the first time that it does business with Perpetual. ...

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... global financial crisis in which a liquidity crunch led to dramatic underperformance. However, PineBridge global head of equities Robin Thorn said the old-style quant approaches suffered because they generally invested in the same universe of stocks. ...

Wingate appoints new executive director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Boutique international equities manager Wingate Asset Management has appointed Louise McIlwraith as executive director. In the newly created position, McIlwraith will have overall responsibility for business development, client and investor relations ...