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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association release their performance of construction index (PCI) for March. In equities news, Athena Resources Ltd and Jupiter Energy Ltd both conduct general meetings, both in Perth. In Australia on Thursday ...

Amundi wins mandate for volatility strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... said institutional clients would invest in the strategy to smooth out long-term market cycles. "It's to smooth out their equities returns. For a commercially sensitive super fund the name of the game is to avoid the dips. But they have to be prepared ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) auctions a total $900 million in Treasury notes. There is no major equities news scheduled. In Australia on Wednesday, the share market closed at an eighteen-and-a-half month high for its second consecutive ...

Orion tightens compliance after rogue trader caught

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
Orion Asset Management has strengthened its vigilance on compliance standards since one of its equities dealers, 24-year-old John Hartman, was caught and pleaded guilty to 25 charges of insider trading. Hartman was employed by Orion from March 2006 ...

RBS adds to Aus markets team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... will manage over 60 staff across sales, trading and research and work alongside Graeme Pratt, co-head of markets for equities in Australia. Meanwhile, Jon Linton was appointed head of fixed income currencies and commodities trading in Australia. "These ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... 2022 bonds, and the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries releases data on sales of new motor vehicles in March. In equities news, National Australia Bank Ltd chief executive Cameron Clyne addresses an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon ...

Ausbil Dexia Aus equities in high demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Ausbil Dexia, which manages $11.5 billion in Australian equities, has closed its flagship investment funds to new institutional clients after opening the investment strategies briefly last year. Paul Xiradis, chief executive and head of equities at ...

Contango clients top up mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... Asset Management, said more institutional investors, such as super funds, are increasing their exposure to Australian equities. Meanwhile, the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index recorded 63 per cent in the year to February. "Client positions ...

Perpetual tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... Perpetual has become the only manager to receive a five-star rating in S&P Fund Services' latest review of the Australian Equities - Large Cap sector-specific peer group. The peer group includes four investment strategies offered by four managers. S&P ...

Aberdeen appoints Aust eq manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Robert Penaloza as senior investment manager in its Australian equities team. Penaloza's appointment marks his return to Australia after a 13-year absence, during which time he worked in Aberdeen's Asian offices ...