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UniSuper second global tech mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... diligence after allocating $300 million to a T. Rowe Price global technology fund in February. Simon Hudson, head of equities at UniSuper, said their initial interest in global technology was from a beta perspective due to the positive industry fundamentals ...

Brookvine to drive BCS equities distribution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... BCS Capital has teamed up with Brookvine to offer institutional investors a "new profit drivers approach" to Australian equities. BCS launched four products to the market six months ago, featuring two long only strategies, a long short market neutral ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The Australian share market was higher at noon on Tuesday as traders showed confidence in equities following news that the US was unlikely to raise interest rates soon. At 1220 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11 points, or 0.23 per cent ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... Global Solutions, the company that created Bluedoor, said the technology allows clients to trade more than 2000 direct equities, term deposits and direct investments - basically eliminating the costs associated with a managed fund. This gives independent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases data on international trade in goods and services for February. In equities news, QBE Insurance Group Ltd holds its annual general meeting in Sydney, the case between Seven Group and its former senior ...

The other emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... should drive demand for food and energy even higher going forward. But these high returns delivered by Latin American equities do not come without costs. And they come in the form of political instability, the risk of currency devaluation and/or the ...

Banks loss is super fund gain: IFM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... Himbury said the super fund had also seen a strong increase in the amount of money that's been mandated to it for listed equities, both passive and active. IFM was rapidly increasing its funds under management, he said. "In the calendar year 2010, our ...

HSBC targets super funds with China access

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... presence with the launch of Asia-centric products and a senior appointment. The main products it will be pushing are Asian equities, Asian Fixed interest and China A shares, "a highly differentiating opportunity for us to provide exposure to Australian ...

Ex-Macq fund manager gets jail for insider trading

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... reportedly been in charge of $4.45 billion in funds for the merchant bank. Knowing Macquarie's trading plans, de Silva bought equities and contracts for difference on the Singapore Securities Exchange before his employer did. When Macquarie traded in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... manufacturing (PMI) index for March, and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) issues its index of commodity prices for March. In equities news, the case between Seven Group and Ten Network's chief executive-designate, James Warburton, is back in the NSW ...