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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
The market is expected to open with heavy losses, with weak base metal prices and poor lead from Wall Street expected to take a toll. At 0703 AEST, the June share price index was down 59 points or 0.94 per cent, at 6239. In company news, Babcock & Brown ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
The Australian market is expected to open lower, with patchy base metal prices and a neutral lead from Wall Street. At 0801 AEST, the June share price index was down 18 points, at 6354. In economic news today, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute is due ...

Japan and Europe the next LPT frontiers: APN

Property fund manager APN Funds Management said Japan and Europe will give the listed property trust (LPT) sector its second wind following the industry's boom in Australia and the US. Pete Morrisey, APN's latest recruit and formerly a Lonsec senior ...

Global pension fund assets hit A$30 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
Global institutional pension fund assets in the 11 major markets have more than doubled over the past decade to reach A$30 trillion, according to Watson Wyatt's Global Pension Assets Study. Roger Urwin, global head of investment consulting at Watson ...

Equities the pick of the pack in 2007: Russell

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Equities will maintain their position as the best performing asset class in 2007 thanks to strong demand, attractive valuations and a benign macroeconomic backdrop, according to Russell Investment Management. Russell Investment Management has released ...

Analyse bonds differently to equities: Loomis Sayles

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
Bond markets behave differently to equity markets and investors trained around equities need to adjust their thinking when investing in income securities. Brett Wander, director of alpha strategies for Loomis Sayles, said, "It is commonplace to find ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
The US equity and bond markets are reading from different pages but the result is the same - they both went down overnight. US bond yields rose last night reacting to reports suggesting rising inflationary pressure and therefore, more Fed interest rate ...

Emerging markets to bounce back after correction

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
Emerging market equities came under the spotlight in last week's global markets downturn with some predicting a fall in investors' appetite for risk, but economists say it only signals a temporary correction for the sector. According to State Street's ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
Foreign purchases of US securities reached US$69.8 billion in March, lower than market expectations of US$79.9 billion and down from purchases amounting to US$90.5 billion in the previous month. Purchases of US Treasuries were just US$3.1 billion in ...

NZ and Aussie dollar slide a plus for bond managers

A sliding New Zealand dollar and threatening recession will mean good things are in store for fixed interest managers holding NZ bonds, according to leading economists. AMP's head of investment strategy and chief economist, Shane Oliver, said those ...