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New year, new stocks: Suncorp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Suncorp Investment Management has dramatically changed the investment line up within its Investment Management Word Equities Trust when it axed 50 per cent of the stocks in the portfolio and reconfigured fund manager allocation. The trust has increased ...

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Where's the January effect when you need it most? Wikipedia describes this stock market phenomenon best: "The January effect is the tendency of the stock market to rise between December 31 and the end of the first week in January. There are many theories ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The $2.65 billion Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund has splurged on eight new mandates in a bid to overhaul its international equity portfolio. The super fund's $600 million international equity portfolio now counts Baillie Gifford, Deutsche ...

Unlisted assets hold value: BUSS(Q)

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Following the December 2008 revaluation of its unlisted assets portfolio, super fund BUSS(Q) reported better numbers in infrastructure and private equity but flat valuations in unlisted property. BUSS(Q) chief executive, David O'Sullivan, said the fund's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was nearly two per cent lower at noon following the tumble on Wall Street after the US unemployment rate shot to a 16-year high. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 67.7 points, or 1.81 per cent, at 3,668 ...

Planners turn to cash and TD funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Cash and term deposit funds from St George, UBS and Adelaide Bank led the list of Aviva's top 10 funds for net inflows during 2008 while Platinum International Fund and Perpetual Wholesale Industrial Fund suffered the highest level of redemptions over ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
With the US economy entering its second year of recession, investors need all the best wishes for the New Year to come true. The problems of 2008 have not gone away - they have worsened. The reason why the equity markets' cheery welcome of 2009 faded ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon amid thin trading as investors sit on the sidelines until the release of key US economic data tonight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 71.7 points, or 1.98 per cent, to 3,526.8, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after shares in the US slumped on a big rise in unemployment claims and a surprising jump in the trade deficit. Resource stocks may gain after commodity prices advanced. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was two per cent lower at noon after falls in the financial sector outweighed strength in resources. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 74 points, or 2.03 per cent, to 3,566.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...