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Planners remain wary of switching cash to equities

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... approach in the last quarter, focusing on protecting capital. However, it has altered its stance on Australian equities from neutral to overweight due to better valuations. "We will be looking to take advantage of any short term dips to add exposure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Bill Bishop said the market was still cautious because of debt concerns in Europe. "The market is fluctuating around a neutral performance," Mr Bishop said. "It's still looking over the fence to the credit issues in Europe and, while they have gone away ...

FPA urge Treasury to revise legis

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... that if its proceeds as currently set, it will be the end of pure platforms. While debating the prevalence of product neutral platforms at a media roundtable yesterday, the FPA said the Treasury and regulations stance of viewing platforms as products ...

Food profits to rise: Macquarie

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The outlook for agriculture is bright with the sector providing a hedge against inflation and population increases set to drive demand, Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management said yesterday. Anthony Abraham, executive director of Macquarie Agricultural ...

Three star Bell appoints equities analysts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... represented in Bell's portfolio. S&P awarded the three-star rating as part of its international equities large cap style-neutral funds in Australia. Since 2003, Bell's global equities fund has outperformed its benchmark index by over 2 per cent annually. ...

Brookvine to drive BCS equities distribution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... equities. BCS launched four products to the market six months ago, featuring two long only strategies, a long short market neutral strategy and an equitised long short strategy. Chief Investment Officer Justin Herlihy said that Brookvine's expertise ...

Super conference ends on a high

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... best practice outcomes over the next decade for members, only 61 per cent of audience members agreed, with 29 per cent neutral and 10 per cent disagreeing, the AIST said. It is not known whether the AIST will publish the results of the audience polls ...

Share plummet overplayed - fund managers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... around, things are popping out of the woodwork and the tail risk is quite high," said Oliver. "In terms of equities we were neutral coming into this, as we thought there would be a correction. We've had that correction now, which is probably a healthy ...

Zenith releases Aus Equity large cap review

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... Opportunities Fund have entered the high alpha growth market. ING launched its Alpha Plus Australian Share Fund in the high alpha neutral space, while Orbis' SM Australian Equity Fund is categorised as high alpha value. Zenith's review assessed 152 Australian ...

New benchmarks act like analysts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
An experimental index-filtering exchange-traded fund could one day put professional stock-pickers out of a job, the product's developer has said. Investment services firm Russell Investments has developed a series of portfolio construction tools with ...