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Political donations pay off

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Liberal or National Parties experienced better share price performance than those who only gave to the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Political Monitor research identified over thirty companies in the ASX200 that donated to one or more political party ...

MTAA and Prime Super buy stake in European trains

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
Whitehelm Capital has invested $110 million in European train leasing company Alpha Trains Holdings on behalf of MTAA Super, Prime Super and a third institutional investor. The infrastructure manager led the majority investment into the junior debt ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a fluctuating night on Wall Street where a rebound in tech stocks offset a transport industry, including airlines, slump. At 0800 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was unchanged ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell sharply as a selloff in semiconductors, fed by a downgrade on suppliers, spread to the broader market. At 0805 AEDT on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
Active management isn't dying but it needs to re-invent itself so it can compete against low cost technology operators that are fundamentally challenging its business model. "It isn't dead but the market is playing hard to get," said Olivier d'Assier ...

How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Investors can get two-thirds of the excess return offered by private equity from targeted listed stocks, according to researchers from State Street and Windham Capital Management who say this nullifies the need to allocate to the asset class unless ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Ultra low interest rates across the developed world mean investors have lost the ability to use fixed income assets as their central pillar of protection against equity market risk. That's according to one of the heads of the $6 billion French hedge ...

Parametric grows investment team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
After-tax investment specialist Parametric has grown its team with the appointment of a senior analyst. Whitlam Zhang will be responsible for setting up and managing the day-to-day relationships with Australian clients and underlying external investment ...

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Quantitative equities boutique Plato Investment Management has appointed a senior quantitative analyst from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Dr Jonathan Whiteoak will primarily be responsible for driving research into quantitative stock selection ...

Perpetual names new head of equities

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Perpetual has announced who will take over as head of equities following the up-coming retirement of Matt Williams, who is set to leave the role after 22 years with the company. Current deputy head of equities and portfolio manager, Paul Skamvougeras ...