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Grant Samuel bags $800 million mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... funds, other institutions and retail investors through platforms. The firm has now raised $1.4 billion in the Global Equities Shareholder Yield strategy, $600 million in the Global Choice strategy, which has a maximum of 35 stocks, and $100 million in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Tuesday, following falls on Wall Street in both commodities and equities. On the ASX 24 at 0735 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 16 points lower at 4,653. In economics news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite tumbled 34.57 points, or 1.21 per cent, to 2,828.47. Greece's debt crisis weighed on the equities markets amid speculation that Athens will need an additional bailout. Eurozone and European Union finance ministers are expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian market is likely to decline on Monday after US equities fell about one per cent and the price of gold and some base metals declined. At 0734 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,678 points. ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... check, check and check. That's why it wasn't a surprise that despite the daily sharp ups and downs on Wall Street, US equities closed not far below zero last week. The Dow ended the week down only 0.3 per cent and the S&P 500 lower by a miniscule 0.2 ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... official modeling. A Paddlepop purchased in 1980 for around 20c would today cost $2.50 at some corner stores. Cooper said equities were not a good inflation hedge as share markets don't like rising interest rates. In a high-inflation environment, central ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... market has recovered slightly in opening trade on Friday, following a recovery on Wall Street in both commodities and equities. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.5 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,700.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... lift inflation, put upward pressure on interest rates, slow spending, weaken economic growth, reduce corporate profits - equities fall. This logic was there for all to see yesterday after the Peoples Bank of China again announced -its fifth this year ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... price index futures contract was 74 points lower at 4,711 points, with 21,514 contracts traded. RBS Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said the federal government's budget delivered on Tuesday contained much for corporates, so the market had ...

Apostle Asset builds distrib team

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... Apostle Asset Management is building their distribution team as it prepares to capitalise on investor's renewed interest in equities. The investment manager has appointed Greg Johnson as director of sales to expand its distribution team. "With the recover ...