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Higher interest rates ahead

The Reserve Bank this morning announced a rate hike of 25bp, to 5.5 per cent, citing stronger inflationary pressures and domestic demand as their reason for doing so in March. The rate hike was expected by the market, which has also priced in another ...

Goldman Sachs JBWere faces domestic challenges

Standard & Poor's has given its stamp of approval over Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management's (GSJBWAM) outsourcing relationship with Wellington and Federal Street rating its business management capabilities as 'strong', but in response to recent staff ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker today, as a poor lead from offshore markets is likely to hit the domestic market today. The March share price index - a key indicator of the day ahead - was 13 points weaker at 4144 on a volume ...

Intech passes $6 billion in funds under management

Intech's implemented consulting service has experienced over 80 per cent growth in the past year and has now exceeded $6 billion in funds under management. The service allocates its funds predominantly to Australian and international equities as well ...

Investors warned over chasing alpha returns in a moderating market

van Eyk predicts the role of the active fund manager will take on more significance as the equity and property markets are set to deliver more moderate returns in the coming year. The research house believes a fund manager's biggest challenge will be ...

AXA upbeat on South East Asia

AXA Asia Pacific will look for more opportunities to expand in China and South East Asia, according to group chief executive, Les Owen. Announcing a profit after tax and before non-recurring items of $547.2 million for the 12 months to end December ...

Morningstar announces 2004 Fund Manager of the Year awards

Morningstar has released its award list for the 2004 Fund Manager of the Year and has bestowed the top overall prize to Perpetual Investments. The research house chose Perpetual for the premier award because the manager's performance has been outstanding ...

Vanguard picks up global listed property mandate

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has awarded a NZ$100 million mandate for a global listed property portfolio to Vanguard Investments Australia. The benchmark chosen for the portfolio is the UBS Global Real Estate Investors Index in New Zealand dollars ...

Volatility of returns from international equities at an all time low

van Eyk's review of international equities has shown the volatility of returns from this investment sector to be at an historically low level. van Eyk head of research and ratings Suzanne Tavill says volatility levels were particularly low between stocks ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer, as solid base and precious metal gains are expected to offset weakness from offshore markets. Still, the local bourse has been heavily influenced by banking stocks in recent sessions ...