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Free cash flow wins mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Free cash flow is a recipe for strong above benchmark returns amid turbulent times, according to Epoch Investment Partners, which recently won a $173 million mandate from Suncorp. According to Andrew McKinnon, chief executive of Grant Samuel Funds Management ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US equities declined on a disappointing result at Microsoft Corp and increasing concerns about America's banks. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 24 ...

Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... and Jane are now better informed and are unlikely to take headlines at face value. Take the case of Access Economics' December quarter report predicting gloom and doom for the Australian economy. A quick googling on the web revealed that in an interview ...

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
Defying the flight to cash, members of the $1 billion dollar legalsuper have increased investments into the fund's S&P/ASX200 option by up to 40 per cent. According to legalsuper, the industry fund experienced nearly 40 per cent in growth for its S&P/ASX200 ...

AUI trust posts solid returns, holds value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
While many funds were in the red last year, Australian Unity Investments (AUI) bucked the trend when its Healthcare Property Trust gained 11.27 per cent and, despite the market downturn, many of its underlying direct properties have held their value. ...

Confidence yardstick rises

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
A monthly index that measures investor confidence in key sharemarkets rose for the first time in six months, with US institutional investors the most bullish about the performance of equities. The findings came from the State Street Investor Confidence ...

Legg Mason expands team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Legg Mason Australian Equities has appointed ex-Citigroup small cap expert Julian Mulcahy as portfolio manager and research analyst for Australian small companies. Mulcahy will focus his efforts on listed Australian companies that fall outside the S&P/ASX ...

LGSS fixes pricing error

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
The Local Government Superannuation Scheme has addressed a unit pricing error that occured in the September quarter last year, according to a fund statement. LGSS issued a statement in December noting that there had been a tax error that occurred with ...

Dealer groups bank on strong balance sheets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Key dealer groups Australian Financial Services, The Salisbury Group and Snowball step up to explain their business models after the Storm Financial collapse. While Storm Financial is one of hundreds of dealer groups in the market, its troubles stemming ...