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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... giants were stronger with BHP Billiton gaining 16 cents to $32.16 and Rio Tinto surging 64 cents to $54.77. In local equities news, construction giant Leighton Holdings opened almost five per cent lower, shedding 76 cents to $15.97, after announcing ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... numerous unintended negative consequences as investors sell down Treasuries and the US dollar and would be disruptive for equities, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. The Age warned on 7 August 2011 that, "THE Australian sharemarket is expected to suffer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association releases the performance of construction index for July. In equities news, Cochlear, Transurban Group and Bradken are due to post full year results, while Leighton Holdings is expected to release ...

Long-volatility a loss-maker: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... volatility-arbitrage strategies and absolute return strategies can produce superior returns to other approaches, including a long-only equities strategy, over the long term. It warns that simply being "long volatility" is highly likely to be a loss-making ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... due out, along with ANZ job advertisements series for July and the Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey. In equities news, Argo Investments is due to post full year results. Shares in Fortescue Metals opened 16 cents, or 3.83 per cent, higher ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... due out, along with ANZ job advertisements series for July and the Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey. In equities news, Argo Investments is due to post full year results. In Australia, the market on Friday dumped higher risk mining stocks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... ECB would act and, obviously, people are a little bit disappointed by the inaction of the central bank," he said. In equities news, BHP Billiton shares fell 49 cents, or 1.53 per cent, to $31.53 after the mining giant announced it would write down the ...

Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... elements each asset brings to the table. "A good example is commodities - they don't have a discount rate whereas both equities and bonds do. "So, while bonds have been a good diversifier to equities when it's corporate earnings that have been under ...

AMP Capital hires MD for Asia

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... Anthony Fasso, AMP Capital's director of international business. "This builds on our recent establishment of a new Asian equities team based in Hong Kong and complements the global listed real estate portfolio management team already located in Hong ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... returns were attributed to the average super fund allocation of around half of money to Australian and international equities, which earned -7% and -0.5% respectively this financial year. Offsetting this was the 20% of super fund assets in bonds that ...