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Australian Unity offers instos retirement investment opportunities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... partner with the institutional market to invest in customised solutions in Australian equity, fixed interest, global equities and property strategies. "We have owned and operated retirement villages for 60 years, it is well known the ageing demographic ...

Alleron wins AustralianSuper mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... ability to deliver strong performance over the long term for our members," said Innes McKeand, AustralianSuper's head of equities. "Alleron has a strong appreciation and respect for the beliefs and values of AustralianSuper and the goals it has for its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is to deliver a speach to the Australian Securitisation Forum Conference. In equities news, SEEK Ltd, OneSteel Ltd and Bow Energy hold their annual general meetings. In Australia, the share market on Friday closed ...

Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... all?" The year 2011 is almost done and by the looks of it, it's turning out to be an annus horribilis for growth assets - equities and commodities - but a good year for defensive investments - gold and government bonds (excluding those issued by European ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... sales indicator for September is released, as is the Housing Industry Association Trades Report for September quarter. In equities news, Optus CEO Paul O'Sullivan is to address CEDA conference on the company's impact on competition in the telecommunications ...

Instos embrace low volatility equity portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... Hargis. According to Hargis, while this approach may lag in bull markets, it can deliver better performance than passive equities over the long term, with less absolute risk. "This strategy tends to lose less in bear markets and has less to make up when ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... correctly price those two very disparate factors," he said. "It does look like we're seeing people edging back towards equities." In local company news on Thursday, mining giant BHP Billiton said economic uncertainty and equity market volatility would ...

Perpetual resources focus looks offshore

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... on their minds. Perpetual's global resources team also discussed the lack of volatility for commodities in relation to equities and the investor response to such trends. "What's surprised us was how the commodity price index over the past four years ...

Flight to quality boosts PIMCO inflows

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... increasing interest in corporate debt and high yield solutions for the satellite portion of portfolios as an alternative to equities." While demand spiked following periods of intense market volatility, Dorrian said fund inflow analysis showed demand ...

AMP Capital recruits State Street portfolio manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... Global Advisors will join AMP Capital early next year to take up a senior portfolio management role in the multi-strategy equities team. Rob Pinnuk's key responsibilities will include stock selection, research and execution across AMP Capital's range ...