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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 ...

AUI trust posts solid returns, holds value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... the healthcare property sector is shielded from any global economic downturn. "The properties are in the sector that is pretty much recession proof, it's a bit like neighbourhood shopping centres, in times of financial uncertainty, you'll still buy the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... higher at 3,535 on a volume of 9,294 contracts. "We're seeing a small bounce in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto after what was a pretty down day for them yesterday," Shaw Stockbroking private client adviser Todd Kerslake said on Friday. BHP Billiton added ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... stocks. "Two hours in and the market hasn't hit the $1 billion mark, volumes are very low," Mr Wright said. "Resources are pretty poor and the market is very underwhelming again today." Resource giant Rio Tinto fell $1.50, or 3.63 per cent, to $39.80. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... I would say it will be oversubscribed," Mr Potter said. "It's set the cat among the pigeons: a lot of funds are selling pretty much across the board so they can take part in the raising, purchasing at $16, which is a very attractive price." The bank's ...

IRESS signs Elston Partners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... and gradually improving the processes, particularly with XPLAN and its integration. "So for the next 12 months it'd [be] pretty important," said McKie. McKie said Elston assessed a number of different providers but settled with IRESS because the firm's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... drought conditions eased. At 1216 AEDT, shares in the company had were up 18 cents, or 6.9 per cent, to $2.79. "Profit was pretty good," Mr Klusman said. "But the risk you've got there is that they don't have the opportunity to co-ordinate the wheat ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... offshore," Mr Wright said. "Markets don't like ambiguity and uncertainty. I'm sure in (Mr Paulson's) own mind he had a pretty well defined strategy." "But where does that leave institutions that are looking for that money? "We've followed on from that... ...