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AMCIL suffers short-term performance dip

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... said. The company has added investments in a number of new companies through the six month period. These included Sonic Healthcare, Energy Developments, Cover-More Group, Asciano, Capitol Health and Ashley Services via an IPO. It also made major additions ...

More Australians to invest in China

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... scheme. The RQFII gives foreign institutional investors access to China A shares, securities in growth sectors (such as healthcare, tech, multimedia, and consumer) not currently listed outside China, and Chinese fixed-income products. According to BNP ...

AIA and Nest launch accelerator program

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Squibb. The program is aimed at providing mentorship to start-up companies with innovative ideas and technology about healthcare. Eight start-up companies will be offered a place in the accelerator program, following the application review process. Business ...

Healthcare investment options limited despite Medibank IPO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Medibank initial public offering (IPO) boosted Australia's healthcare investment offering, but it also highlighted shortfalls in the local market. The offer raised $5.679 billion, making it the second largest float on record in Australia after Telstra ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Woolworths was 91 cents weaker at $31.35 as Caltex wound back its fuel network ties with the supermarket giant. Sonic Healthcare had dropped $1.08, or 5.9 per cent, to $17.32 after the international pathology, imaging and medical centres operator cut ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Billiton, Wesfarmers, Paladin Energy, Monadelphous, Goodman Group, Goodman Fielder, Mirvac, Village Roadshow, ResMed, Sonic Healthcare, PMP and New Hope Corporation have annual general meetings. In Australia, the market on Wednesday fell for a third ...

AXA IM to open ESG strategy to investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... ($287 million) of internal funds allocated to it. The company's impact investing approach focuses on sectors including healthcare, education and finance. AXA IM said impact investing - which is broadly defined as investments in business and/or funds ...

Market Vectors launches global quality focused ETF

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... exposure to sectors where opportunities are limited if they only invest locally such as information technology and healthcare. This includes companies such as Google, Roche, Apple and Johnson and Johnson." MSCI's research suggests that quality growth ...

FEATURE: Is it time to change the conversation about ETFs?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... of smart beta-style ETFs, such as those that target high-dividend-yielding companies, or specific sectors, such as healthcare or financials. There are government and corporate bond ETFs, cash ETFs, currency ETFs, property ETFS, emerging market ETFs ...

Australian Unity adds Townsville property to healthcare fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... Australian Unity Real Estate Investment (AUREI) has added a $5.5 million property in Townsville, Queensland, to its Healthcare Property Trust. The property is an office building that AUREI is proposing to convert into a 60 bed mental health hospital. ...