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SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... better capture the emerging markets growth. "The demographics and economics of emerging markets, particularly China, are pretty compelling but we are investing there not based on the valuations of companies at the moment, or even the timing of entry ...

Pengana finds gems in emerging companies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... product's FUM have contributed to the fund's success. "In the five years we've started, what we do hasn't changed a lot - we're pretty active in going out and finding companies, and finding the best among a very big lot," he said. The fund holds between ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... said he expected more selling than usual on Friday after the lack of confidence felt in the US overnight. "They're still pretty weak, as expected, as we saw broad-based falls in the US last night with all sectors finishing down," Mr Potter said. "In ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... of the losses we saw yesterday," Mr Potter said. "The strong consensus across the market is that materials are going to pretty much lead the market into Christmas, which is what we've been seeing lately. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton advanced 73 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... of the losses we saw yesterday," Mr Potter said. "The strong consensus across the market is that materials are going to pretty much lead the market into Christmas, which is what we've been seeing lately. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton advanced 73 ...

ING wins $1bn employer super book

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... superannuation service; Integra Super and large employer service; Corporate Super. "We've been making Corporate and Integra pretty much the same...you talk to one of our customers and they'll say they're with ING Super, they don't see the difference ...

LUCRF widens insurance choice

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... can choose to insure a lot less if they decide that all they need to buy insurance for is to cover their bills. "It's a pretty competitive world, so we want to make sure the offering we had in income protection is the best we could source," said Sword. ...

AMP Cap revamps Asia Pac equities team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... them to make sure they understand our motives behind this, the depth of the changes and what it means," he said. "We're pretty confident that when they look at what we've done and the talent involved, they will see it's high quality. "

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... and productivity data," said Colonial First State head of investment markets research, Stephen Halmarick. "The RBA made pretty substantial upward revisions to growth forecasts, as well. "Every sector is up at the moment." BHP Billiton was up 55 cents ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... ways to go, up from 52% in September and back to the level of pessimism expressed in July. Only 29% said the economy had "pretty much hit bottom," down from 35% last month." So where does this leave investors? Ahhh...we also have a survey to measure ...