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Perkovic pushes for FirstWrap market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... relationships. "We're working trying to be more accommodating to self managed super funds (SMSFs) so we added the direct equities capability in March," she said. Scott Durbin was promoted head of platform sales two weeks ago, she said, adding that one ...

Lessons from US pension funds in crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... the last few years, and especially in the later part of 2008." The state pension's more than 65 per cent exposure in equities including real estate and private equity, and the remainder in fixed income, has led to US$700 bilion of savings lost since ...

Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Australian equities quantitative fund managers may become far more secretive about their investment strategies as they strive to find different stock market signals to outperform their peers, according to one ratings firm. Justine Gorman, analyst at ...

Singapore HNWs to pour funds into equities

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... notice after research of local high net worth (HNW) investors found they're preparing to reallocate funds out of cash to equities and alternative investments. Datamonitor research found fixed income would see the biggest reallocation among HNW portfolio ...

China proves resilience

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... 3.3 per cent at the end of the 2009 quarter to 1.6 per cent at the end of the first quarter of 2010 in Greater Asian equities. But overall, fund managers still prefer to invest in the region than in developed markets. A majority 88 per cent now hold ...

Liquidnet taps NZ market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Liquidnet, a firm which provides a marketplace to facilitate institutional equities trading, is expanding its trading operations to include New Zealand listed securities. Liquidnet will commence trading of New Zealand equities next Tuesday, offering ...

Retirees brush off volatility to hold equities long term

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... their investment portfolios, but many tend to brush away recent market fluctuations to maintain a strong bias towards equities, new figures show. When asked whether market fluctuations have meant that retirees prefer fewer equities in their portfolios ...

Planners advising ETFs double

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... ETFs. "The rapid changes happening in planner remuneration models are translating to increased use of indexing, direct equities, and ETFs," said Mark Johnston, principal of Investment Trends, in a statement. "As the industry transitions towards an asset ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... were the biggest gainers on the day. Cameron Securities client adviser Adrian Leppinus said local stocks gained after equities in the US advanced, and had managed to string several days of increases together. "The local market is following the overseas ...

Perpetual taps global resources

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... mining, steel, commodities and related services stocks without country ranges or targets. Cathy Doyle, group executive of equities at Perpetual, said the portfolio holds around 40 stocks and currently has a 25 per cent allocation to Australian shares ...