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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after US stocks lost ground on Friday. The September share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,599. Wall Street stocks closed mostly lower on Friday night following a cautious appraisal ...

Multi-asset emerging market approach halves volatility

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... markets equities. The fund is not asset class restricted and can invest in any or all of emerging markets equities, dollar sovereign bonds, local currency government bonds, corporate dollar bonds, local currency corporate bonds and local currencies. ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... 35% in corporate bonds that meet ethical screen, 18% in State Government bonds from Victoria, SA, NT and ACT and 5% in sovereign wealth bonds that meet ethical screen. The trust excludes bonds from NSW, QLD, WA and Tasmania because these States own or ...

CBA sees two top execs step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... group's boards in China, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Blair joined CBA in 2006 as chief executive officer of Sovereign Insurance and joined the executive committee in 2009 to lead the group's Asian businesses. CBA group executive of group strategic ...

Future Fund posts 13.9 pct return

STAFF WRITER WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
The Future Fund, the sovereign fund set up to pay future commonwealth public servant superannuation liabilities has topped $100 billion and declared its long term investment returns. The Future Fund's provisional results for the 2013-14 financial year ...

Former Macquarie exec resurfaces at BT

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... Clayton, Mouat will be responsible for marketing and servicing institutional clients including superannuation funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies. Prior to taking a sabbatical in May last year, Mouat was at Macquarie Capital Securities ...

Another October to remember?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... then took off when QE3 was announced on 13 September 2013. Shall we see QE history repeat? To be sure, the European sovereign debt crisis was upon us in 2010 and 2011. And in 2011, the Jasmine Revolution and Japan's earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... third (33%) of the Top 100 alternative managers' assets, followed by wealth managers (18%), insurance companies (9%), sovereign wealth funds (6%), banks (3%), funds of funds (3%) and endowments & foundations (3%). For the Top 100 managers, North America ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... International is Banco Espirito Santo SA's parent company. The fallout across Europe brought back memories of the European sovereign debt crisis. Lisbon's stock market, of course, bore the brunt - down 3.7% on the day. But big fall were also registered ...

Australian Super backtracked on airport valuation: Future Fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014