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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... price index futures contract was 16 points higher at 4,301 points, on volume of 14,673 contracts traded. RBS Morgans equities director Bill Chatterton said the domestic market had bounced back after last week's sluggish trading. "A number of large cap ...

ETFs reach $5.4bn despite unstable market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... performers for the month were property securities ETFs and palladium reversing the trend of last month where international equities were the stand outs. April also marked the first full month of trading in Fixed Income ETFs. While inflows have started ...

Capital protected products under pressure: research

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... intending to do so over the next 12 months, the report said. Both planners and investors would like to have more exposure to equities, Cho Said, adding that one in three planners said their clients' preference for simpler investments was preventing them ...

No money in equities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... Bloomberg too for reminding me that only last 21 Feb the good doctor prescribed taking "some money off the table" because equities were "overbought". If you followed his advice, you would have missed out on the 3.4% gain through the end of March. Ahh ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... At 0805 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,295. No major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. But ANZ Bank is expected to announce its interest rate decision. In Australia, the market on Thursday ...

Bentham attracts new super mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... higher borrowing costs. "Credit investors are being rewarded with these higher yields yet substantially less risk than equities." Bentham's three year returns per annum to the end of March 2012 for its three wholesale funds range between; 26.8% for High ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release labour force figures for April. In equities news, National Australia Bank is scheduled to post first half results, SingTel Group (Optus) is due to post full year results ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... ended the day with a loss of 1.78 per cent at 5,554.55 points, after trading resumed following a long holiday weekend. In equities news, Downer EDI is scheduled to hold an investor day, while Sigma Pharmaceuticals, Grange Resources and Stonehenge Metals ...

China needs active management: Fidelity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... focusing on social harmony, but active management is essential to reap the solid gains, according to Fidelity. Chinese equities may still be considered a relatively risky asset class by many, but it represents some of the best investments in the region ...

Sigma wins $100m super fund mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
Boutique Australian equities manager, Sigma Funds Management, has been awarded a new investment mandate by an Australian super fund, worth in excess of $100 million. The mandate aims to capitalise on Sigma's small companies' strategy which outperformed ...