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Asian small caps as emerging markets go mainstream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Research house Lonsec expects product providers to move towards frontier markets such as Africa and small cap Asian equities, as emerging markets become more mainstream, a senior analyst said today. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst for Lonsec ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... the Libyan capital raised hopes that leader Muammar Gaddafi may be overthrown and helped propel US stocks higher. US equities have fallen for four consecutive weeks amid fears of a double dip recession in the US and worries about the European sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... Australian dollar gained a little ground over the weekend. "It had a decent bounce after the Sydney close until the US equities markets opened up," he said from Auckland. "There's a bit of optimism around on the EU saying they are preparing some draft ...

Clime gains three-star rating for Aus equities fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... the radar for financial advisers for the first time. Darren Katz, head of distribution at Clime, said the Australian equities fund had returned 12.90% on an annualised basis over the past three years, compared with the All Ordinaries Accumulation Index ...

Prime Super buys hospital carparks for stable revenue, growth

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... Queensland including Liverpool Hospital, Sydney. While hospital carparks may not sound as exciting as emerging market equities, they provide a steady and dependable source of income. IPG's portfolio is currently valued at $180 million and generates gross ...

Principal Global Investors UK move

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... to the Australian market and it would benefit from Origin's unconstrained and benchmark unaware approach. "We have PGI Equities, our internal boutique, which is benchmark aware, very low volatility and risk controlled strategy. Couple this with Origin's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,246, with 24,609 contracts traded. Intersuisse director of equities, Andrew Sekely, said the share market was making up lost ground from the close on Tuesday, but that trading was still ...

Perpetual divests to focus on international equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... Atlantic to US firm, Wellington Management Company. A review of the firm's market demand, profitability and alignment to its equities business strategy found it was not meeting business expectations, resulting in the closure of Perpetual's Dublin-based ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly weaker at noon on the back of a sluggish equities market. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.93 US cents, up from 104.16 US cents on Monday. Since 1700 AEST on Monday, the local unit ...

IFM picks up $100m HOSTPLUS mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Industry Funds Management's active Australian equities strategy has received a $100 million mandate from superannuation fund HOSTPLUS. The fund allocation builds on an existing $30 million mandate from two years ago. Industry Funds Management (IFM) ...