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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.45 per cent from 3.46 per cent late Thursday. LONDON - European equities rallied on Friday, boosted by some better-than-expected company news and data showing that the British recession was not ...

Vision and Quadrant to co-invest

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... change when both Vision and Quadrant complete their investment strategy review in the coming months. "We're [reviewing] equities at the moment, and in the last two weeks we've been [looking at international equities]," said Davy. Davy said Quadrant was ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... wealthier. "I feel lucky punk!" Ultra low interest rates, government hand outs, regenerating wealth - through rising equities and emerging signs of home improvement (see above) - and voila!...the sector that makes up 70 percent of the US economy is happier. ...

Russell appoints Liddell as head of IC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
Russell Investments has appointed the former QIC head of implemented equities Greg Liddell as its new head of investment consulting for Australia. Liddell will spearhead a renewed focus on investment consulting in Australia as part of Russell's restructured ...

SMSFs miss Asian equities boom

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... super funds may be the fastest growing super fund sector to date, but research shows they are missing out on the Asian equities boom with their negligible exposure to international equities. Ralf Zurbrugg, a professor at the University of Adelaide, revealed ...

Wait no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... thousand cuts. Or more accurately -- death by a thousand rebounds. This must be what the bears are feeling each time equities bounce back from a fall. Equity markets are volatile even in the best of times. That is a certitude. For each and every single ...

Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... and provides insight on how to manage those exposures using ETFs. "I run it like a total return fund. If I think that equities are overvalued and going into a bear period I won't hesitate having no allocation to ETFs and being in cash," said Bassanese. ...

Sweet and sour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Shanghaied! This is what those "nervy nellies" might be feeling after seeing Chinese equities rebound more sharply just as fast and by more as it has fallen. China's Shanghai Composite Index jumped by 4.5 per cent yesterday (sweet), erasing the previous ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... releases international merchandise imports data for July, and the Reserve Bank of Australia issues its monthly bulletin. In equities, earnings season continues apace. Annual results are due from AMP Ltd, QBE Insurance Ltd, ASX Ltd, Macquarie Media Group ...

Perpetual poised to gain market share

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... Perpetual outlines its strategies designed to make its products and services more appealing to investors as sentiment towards equities turn more positive and the "dash to cash" comes to an end. Speaking at the company's full year results presentation ...