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Rising risks in liquidity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... liquidity risk - and there are more issues to think about on top of the changes many funds have already made last year when equities and the Australian dollar plunged. Westscheme, which had nearly $3 billion in member funds before the GFC saw its assets ...

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Emerging market equities valuations could be headed for a 'bubble' given the amount of liquidity in listed markets and the number of large institutions set to pump funds into the region, one fund manager has warned. Allan Conway, global head of emerging ...

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
JANA's longtime investment expert, Ken Marshman, predicts there's a 25 per cent chance that equities as an asset class will deliver low to zero returns over the next 10 years - a grim reality that should spur trustees to start lowering the risk in their ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... price index contract was 35 points higher at 4,769 on volume of 10,798 contracts. Burrell Stockbroking's director of equities, Richard Herring, said trading volume had been light after three days of strong trading that pushed the market up five per cent. ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... With the investment environment still fluid, investors decided last night to exchange some of their paper profits on equities and commodities into paper money, cover their US dollar shorts and sprinkle some back into US government bonds. Just another ...

First Super refines investment strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... option for example has been renamed the Balanced option to reflect its new asset allocations. Investments in international equities have decreased from the prior 30 per cent to 24 per cent. International equities (hedged) exposure has decreased from ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... the recovery until it is assured." Did I just hear the RBA mumble, 'speak for yourself G-19.' The bottom line is that equities and other risk assets would continue to inflate for as long as authorities continue to hand out freshly minted dollars. This ...

AMP Cap revamps Asia Pac equities team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
AMP Capital Investors has revamped how it researches Asia Pacific equities by bringing together the Asian, Capital and New Zealand teams and organising the group along market sectors. The revised approach means the research teams will focus on sectors ...

Perpetual signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... transparent manner. Perpetual's group executive Perpetual Investments Business Services and chief operating officer Australian Equities, Cathy Doyle, said the widespread uptake of PRI was aligned with clients' long-term interests and expectations and ...

Clearway adds emerging markets manager client

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Clearway Capital Solutions has partnered with Somerset Capital Management to develop the global emerging markets equities manager's business in Australia. Dennis Mothoneos, managing director at Clearway Capital Solutions, said local institutional investors ...