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Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... managing global equities which enables his business to operate on a cost structure that is a fraction of the size of its major competitors. "This allows us to offer an institutional quality fund at significantly lower pricing structures in both the Wholesale ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... said. "This will impact European markets tonight and will therefore make investors here nervous, coupled with losses to major leads in the US on Friday," he said. "Expect the sell-off to be hard today, barring any positive news coming out of Cyprus. ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... tougher regulatory environment has seen banks step away from their day-to-day market activities. "Risk premiums at the five major US banks have fallen some 55%. We're looking at a lot of trades that used to be made by the bank property desks. There has ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... per cent, to 3,249.07. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell in downbeat pre-weekend trading before the outcome of a major eurozone ministers meeting aiming to agree a bailout for the Cyprus government, dealers said. Sentiment was also dented ahead ...

Standard Life Inv advises caution on Japan

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... the deep lying value in its stock market. Policy announcements after the election of a new government in December sparked major shifts in the Topix and the yen, both moving over 20% within a few months. Standard Life Investments, a UK-listed fund manager ...

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Fund managers of all shapes and sizes and from all over the world are vying for institutional mandates in what many see as a perfect window of opportunity in the emerging markets space. A renewed appetite for riskier assets, increasing funds under management ...

Quantum makes T1 bonds available to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... Quantum has launched a product that allows retail investors to access some of the high yielding T1 bonds issued by the four major trading banks. "This is the opportunity that we saw - to release a product that gave retail investors the ability to diversify ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton fell 46 cents to $35.45, and Rio Tinto reversed $1.10 to $61.00. The major banks were mixed, with National Australia Bank dipping 22 cents cents to $30.73, ANZ added three cents to $28.51, Commonwealth ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... boosted mining stocks, with BHP Billiton lifting 20 cents to at $35.87, and Rio Tinto adding 56 cents to $62.48. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank fell 35 cents to $31.19. NAB has unveiled plans to save about $800 million a year by simplifying ...

Women in Super raises $14.8m for cancer research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... of a suggestion from Mother's Day Classic co-founder and superannuation doyenne Mavis Robertson, who is also behind other major initiatives to connect key influencers in the superannuation industry with projects of public interest, including gender diversity ...