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HNWs to buy Aus equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... investors, or those with more than $1 million of investable assets, are more likely to put fresh funds into Australian equities and cash-like investments over the next 12 months than in any other asset classes, a survey found. Financial services researcher ...

Invesco hires insto BDM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... start her role in September. Last year, Invesco was a finalist in the Standard & Poor's Fund awards in the Australian equities - small cap and listed property categories.

Global infra funds fall short

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... disappointing given that we had expected the sector to have been more defensive relative to traditional Australian and global equities," said Eu Jo Chan, investment analyst at van Eyk. "However taking into account the spike in correlations it is clear ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... that was prevalent up until the first two months of 2009. While many trumpeted the 33 per cent gain in developed market equities in the first five months of this year, the CRB commodity price index has not lagged that far behind - up by 29 per cent over ...

Club Plus overhauls Aussie eq

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
The $1.3 billion industry fund Club Plus Super has axed the majority of its Aussie equities investment managers - leaving the fund with just four major managers to take care of a $400 million domestic equities portfolio. Club Plus Super, the industry ...

AustralianSuper saves $4m per year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... management for example can add 3.2 basis points in net value to a pension fund. "We have restructured our Australian equities component and we terminated a number of managers not because they've performed poorly - [but] because we're after a structure ...

Crisis curbs Cuffe charity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... Dexia Investor Services Trust and BT Financial Group. The fund is invested with 17 fund managers including Australian equities specialists Cooper Investors and Platypus Asset Management; global credit and cash manager Colonial First State Investments ...

Treasury boutiques gain inflows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... investors to start investing in the market and ride what they perceive as a sustained upswing, especially across Asian equities, said Burgess. "People are looking at Asia and someone that will participate on the upside and [Peter Sartori, chief investment ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... hitting what is turning out to be the lowest point in the current bear cycle in early March 2009. Developed and emerging equities alike have rallied - and continue to rally - to this day. Sure there were days when the stock markets zigged when they should ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... June share price index contract was 71 points lower at 3952 on a volume of 16,312 contracts. Intersuisse director of equities Andrew Sekely said Thursday trading provided a reality check for the market. "The market is down a bit, which is not altogether ...