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REST thanks overseas equities for high returns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... combined overseas and domestic option returned just shy of 30%. "A strong equities market was a key contributor to REST's performance over the last 12 months," REST chief operating officer Paul Sayer said. "Our bias to overseas equities and an unhedged ...

Infrastructure boom set to continue

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... digit returns over the five years to March 2013. Lonsec senior investment analyst Andrew Coutts attributed the strong performance to a lift in global demand for yield during the period. "Over the past year, the sector has been the beneficiary of investor ...

Mercer makes key changes to investment team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... experience and insights will position Mercer's Australian and New Zealand investment portfolios for sustained strong performance outcomes," leader of Mercer Investments Business for the Pacific Simon Eagleton said. David Stuart will be chief strategist ...

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
Who's scared of Fed taper? Not Wall Street...not anymore, gauging from it's performance last week. The Dow ended 1.6% higher, the S&P 500 closed 1.5% on the plus and the Nasdaq turned in a positive 2.2%. All in a week that, on balance, gave you, I and ...

Magellan boosts performance fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Magellan Financial Group has seen its performance fees surge in the past six months with a performance fee revenue of $23.1 million in the past six months. The global equity manager was the highest performing stock on the ASX200 index during financial ...

Stronger Super look-through requirements may erode competitive edge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... third issue is one of confidentiality. Miller argued that disclosure of unlisted assets in managed funds may undermine performance, and it would ultimately be the members that would suffer. "A lot of this is commercially sensitive information. How is ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... was up 35 points at 4,783. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for month just ended is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on ...

AustralianSuper returns likely to decline in FY14

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... said. According to Delaney, this year's high returns are explained by the sharp rebound on equity markets, the strong performance of both the international and the Australian equities and the fall of the Australian dollar. "The fall in the Australian ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... around the world hit the dirt. Surely, something's wrong with Wall Street last night. How dare it put on a positive performance when the ghosts of troubles past - and present -- have come back to haunt...all at once? The ghost of China slowing. HSBC's ...

Trust expects buyout talks to impact profit

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... on a fully franked basis for the period from February 2012 to March 2013. The Corporate business delivered strong performance and there were early signs of improvement in the Personal Clients business. "Outlook for the current financial year looks favourable ...