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Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... etcetera. Reuters added to this list last night, reporting that the Finns and the Dutch (is Dutches the plural form?) "will block the euro zone's permanent bailout fund from buying bonds in secondary markets&" This could become another thorny issue because ...

AEI shareholders fight off board changes

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... support from voting blocks that included institutional shareholders. "They didn't get that many votes outside their own block, so shareholders pretty strongly rejected their proposals," said AEI chairman Andre Morony. AEI said that collectively, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
Australian stocks continued to climb at noon, as investors showed renewed confidence in global markets to make up for Monday's big losses. At 1201 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 55.9 points, or 1.38 per cent, at 4,111.2, while ...

Perpetual argues for insto outcome focus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Asset class specialisation may have gone too far for the current volatile environment, according to one manager, who says current asset allocation structures are too focused on diversifying at stock level rather than required outcomes. The current method ...

Suncorp keeps it simple

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Suncorp has unveiled a new strategic simplification program that will deliver annualised benefits of $200m from the 2016 financial year. Suncorp's simplification program, which will cost $275m and be expensed from within operating budgets will focus ...

UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
UBS Global Asset Management has this week launched two new wholesale products designed with a view to the upcoming MySuper legislative changes and in response to client demand. The UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Conservative and the UBS Tactical Beta Fund ...

UniSuper bolsters listed infra exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... with a high-quality portfolio of toll road assets and that the sale was due to clients rebalancing their portfolios. "This block trade achieves a portfolio rebalancing for two of our clients who had significantly increased their long-term exposure to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
The Australian share market has opened well over half a per cent higher, buoyed by optimism on overseas markets. At 1012 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 31.2 points, or 0.71 per cent, at 4,391.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street overnight after blockbuster profits from Apple, a solid showing by Boeing, and the US Federal Reserve predicted the US economic growth would pick up. At 0800 AEST on Thursday ...

Dark pools shine as ASX trade size falls

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... for buy-side dark pool provider Liquidnet has been helped by the declining average trade size on the ASX, which is forcing block trades away from lit markets. "The ASX average trade size for the first quarter is around $7000," said James Chatfield, head ...