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Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... in debt, property and infrastructure markets as we build towards target exposures," said Murray. Meanwhile Australian equities allocations have increased from 10.9 per cent to 12.7 per cent by end December, while international equities also experienced ...

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... effect" which postulates that US stock market's performance for the entire month of January predicts the direction of equities for the remaining 11 months of the year. Wall Street also closed down in January 2009. US economic data and forecasts were ...

Cromwell hires head of property services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... covering property management and investment. He has also worked at Lend Lease Investments, Kern Corporation and Growth Equities Mutual. Cromwell Group is an ASX-listed stapled security with more than $1.7 billion in assets under management. It services ...

BNP Paribas merges with Fortis IM Aust

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... combined organisation include expanding the distribution of Fortis Investments' funds management expertise in Australian Equities and Global Real Estate. Fortis Investment Partners, the Australian equities fund manager currently 40 per cent owned by ...

Aberdeen wins NGS and ING mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Aberdeen Asset Management has won two Australian fixed interest and global equities mandates from NGS Super and ING IM. The wins include a $150 million fixed income mandate with the Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund and a sizeable global equities ...

Emerging markets look expensive: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... traded fund (ETF) research found emerging market stocks are starting to get expensive but it remains bullish on local equities. The Pennywise Investment January report said the price-to-book value across emerging market stocks is a little above one standard ...

130/30 strategies slammed for high fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... 130/30 investment strategies, are charging excessive fees for poor performance, according a report. The van Eyk Australian Equities Extension Sector review of more than 10 fundamental and quantitative strategy fund managers found some managers are charging ...

Credit Suisse supercharges Japanese trades

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... times faster than the average person's reaction speed after the firm upgraded its trading technology. The AES Velocity equities technology provides clients with Direct Market Access speeds of under one millisecond. Credit Suisse said the high speed trading ...

Five Oceans gains China and India fund mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... million to invest in the fund. He said the firm was chosen to manage the fund because of its experience in managing Asian equities and its investment team, which includes Rob Nunley, former Maple-Brown Abbott Asia portfolio manager. Nunley previously ...

Citigroup Wealth Advisers broker banned

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... of the share price of Bill Express Ltd (BXP) (now in administration) while he was a senior client adviser at Macquarie Equities.