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Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... poor, the earnings positions is particularly poor in the US at the moment. But looking at current valuations, they look pretty attractive and investors now are being rewarded for risk more so today than in the last decade," he said. This move from JANA ...

AMP holds LPT strategy, wins mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... firm is focused on identifying properties that can service their debt and wade out the current crisis. "The prospects are pretty bright right now, if [those properties] can service their debt, and provide strong dividend payments. If and when inflation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... futures contract was 37 points weaker at 3,363 on a volume of 9,057 contracts. "We do have financial stocks down after a pretty poor session on Wall Street last night," CMC Markets market analyst David Taylor said. A lack of detailed information in the ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... children's education, and other things such as early mortgage repayments - investment bonds and insurance bonds have a pretty good application for all these requirements. "As a planning tool, advisers are using [insurance bonds] to recommend to their ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... Street overnight," he said. "The miners are obviously gaining from positive sentiment in the market this morning. The mood's pretty good leading into the weekend. "There's a bit of optimism around town that China may be picking their stockpiles back ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... and Newcrest mining were draining cash from the market. "The banks are getting belted," he said. "The market is looking pretty terrible from the point of view that all the cash is being sucked out. "No one can afford to buy stock because they're getting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... Potter said. "That's what we saw overseas last night, triggered by news of the worsening economic situation in the US. "It's pretty much expected. "And base metals fell three to four per cent overnight across the board." Debt-laden mining giant Rio Tinto ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... Langley. Couple that with a deepening global recession and an expectation of infrastructure companies' earnings to "hold up pretty well" over the next to years - the asset class is a recipe for success, he said. Overseas, institutional investor appetite ...

CAAM and Soc Gen merger good for Australia

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... under management. According to Richard Borysiewicz, chief executive of CAAM in Australia, the logic for the merger is "pretty apparent when you look at the numbers". "There's been no impact on the Australian business given that we are so new, so small. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... sector was the worst performer on the local bourse followed by consumer discretionaries, industrials and financials. "It's pretty ugly," Mr Potter said. "We're in the depths of a bear market and no-one knows when it is going to stop. "The materials sector ...