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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... contract was up 17 points at 4,757. In economic news on Monday, The Commbank State of the States report is due out. In equities news, Nine Entertainment has a scheme meeting scheduled. In Australia, the market on Friday closed higher propelled by surging ...

VicSuper starts daily unit pricing

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... crediting rates. The fund has also made recent changes to its investments, taking money away from a passive Australian equities mandate run by BlackRock to fund five new active Australian equities mandates. The changes were part of a broader "core-and-satellite" ...

A-REITs come out on top in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... Most asset classes managed at least strong single digit returns last year with some delivering even higher. Australian equities and global shares (hedged) posted nearly 20% and global shares (unhedged) delivered 14.7%. Australian bonds returned 7.7% ...

Global fund managers bullish on equities: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Not even one global fund manager who responded to a recent HSBC survey is underweight equities, and more than half are underweight cash. HSBC, which released results of its fund manager survey today, said that 75% of global managers have an overweight ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... is due out while Deloitte releases its Telecommunications, Media and Technology Predictions report for 2013. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed at a fresh 19-month high despite disappointing jobs numbers while ...

Debt ceiling forces US Treasury to suspend TSP contribs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... on a series of BlackRock exchange traded funds (ETF) that underpin choices of government securities, fixed income, US equities, US small cap equities, international stocks. The TSP also offers several diversified target date life cycle options. Reflecting ...

Hunter Hall repositions fund

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... Trust fund finished 2012 in second to last place on a Mercer investment survey which ranked the returns of Australian equities managers. Hunter Hall boss David Deverall said that after he started at the company in August last year, he received feedback ...

ASX rally won't last: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... on investors' perceptions." While these issues will have the greatest impact on economically sensitive assets such as equities, Heap adds that safer investments are not without problems of their own. "Fixed income has been incredibly compelling in recent ...

New head of Insto sales at La Trobe

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... Trobe wealth management boss Randal Williams. Humphris has strong institutional sales experience, and has worked as rated equities analyst within the REIT sector, La Trobe said. Based in the company's Sydney office, Humphris will be tasked with growing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... Statistics is to release December's labour force figures and international merchandise imports for the same month. In equities news, both Santos and Woodside Petroleum are scheduled to release fourth quarter reports. In Australia, the market on Wednesday ...