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Prime Value adds portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... portfolio manager to its ranks, joining its co-chief investment officers. Shih Thin Wong is joining the boutique Australian equities manager with established team Han Lee and Leanne Pan, Prime Value's co-chief investment officers. Prior to this, Wong ...

Advisers told to rethink growth asset allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... portfolios remain very diversified and very conservative and high quality," said Dorrian. Identifying an overinvestment in equities, Dorrian showed that Australia was bucking the trend by decreasing allocations to fixed income despite flattening yields. ...

Instos should weigh up cost of futures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... broad Australian equity market. Beyond that however, holding an exchange traded funds (ETF) is cheaper for Australian equities exposure, according to State Street. "While ETFs and futures are not mutually exclusive and compelling arguments can be made ...

OneVue continues to target medical profession

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... that caters predominately to medical professionals, capabilities being touted include wholesale managed funds, direct equities and separately managed accounts. Real-time broking, consolidated reporting via a private-label website and access to a web-based ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... or 1.78 per cent, to 3,122.6 points. Dr Bernanke's speech linked support for risk assets overnight, Benny Sada, senior equities analyst with Australian Stock Report said. "We saw a big rally in stocks and commodities and not surprisingly our materials ...

IFM launches ESG responsible portfolio options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... manager Industry Funds Management has released a new suite of low carbon / ESG portfolios drawn from indexed Australian equities. The capability, which has attracted a $100 million mandate from HESTA, is centred on tailoring portfolios to meet a client's ...

Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... will typically look for the most well-known base for exposure," said Alan Wang, senior fund manager and head of Chinese equities research at Value Partners. "So in China - they'll buy you China Mobile, Petrol China, ICBC, the big names." "But regional ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... and Europe. "Without growth, risk assets, generally, struggle so we saw commodities come off quite a bit overnight." In equities news, rail operator QR National's stocks have plunged after it cut its forecasts for full year earnings due to ongoing industrial ...

Schroders loses two analysts

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... investors, financial institutions and high net worth clients globally, invested in a broad range of asset classes across equities, fixed income and alternatives.

JBWere partners with Swiss bank

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... million to invest, the partnership allows JBWere clients to trade internationally across a range of asset classes including equities, cash, fixed income, managed funds, dual currency and other structured deposits. Access to FX hedging, custody and reporting ...