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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... Wall Street overnight. By 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had fallen 102.1 points, 2.71 per cent, to 3666.9 after US equities slumped, amid concern bad debts on bank balance sheets will increase. The All Ordinaries index was down 101.5 points at 3620.8. ...

RaboPlus cuts fee on BT fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... BT Wholesale-Imputation fund's portfolio managers include Jack Chemello, BT Investment Management's head of Australian equities, Crispin Murray and a team of analysts. The fund typically holds 40 large cap stocks, between 15 and 20 small cap stocks and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... price index contract was trading 20 points lower at 3,747 on volume of 9,730 contracts. ABN Amro Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said Rio and rival miner BHP Billiton fell on Monday after recent gains in their shares. "Both stocks have run ...

Adviser portfolios add commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... class in its portfolio last August, when it observed that traditionally uncorrelated markets such as fixed income and equities are starting to behave like each other. International pension funds such as CalPERS have also entered the commodities game ...

S&P puts 12 CFS funds 'on hold'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... Greg Galton. Bhuyan will be taking over portfolio management responsibilities for the Australian Share Fund from head of equities Marcus Fanning. Senior analyst Alan Martin will meanwhile be moving across to the small-caps team, but will maintain his ...

Morningstar keeps PM Capital rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... Absolute Performance strategy. According to the firm's latest report, PM Capital was one of the worst performing global equities strategies in the Morningstar coverage list during last year. However, the report said Morningstar continues to see value ...

Excess choice boosts advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... to let go of the past now, or they will never be able to make smart choices and snap up the bargains particularly in equities today, when the market is at its current lows, said Wyatt. "This is now year zero. We have re-evaluated all of our investments ...

S&P raises GSJBW equities rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Standard & Poor's has upgraded the Goldman Sachs JBWere Australian Equities funds to a 'three stars' rating after a review found the investment team is more stable. The funds were previously rated 'two stars' by the ratings firm. The upgrade means the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... price index contract was trading 10 point lower at 3754 on a volume of 9,811 contracts. Client adviser with Macquarie Equities David Halliday said the sharemarket had largely maintained the positive attitude of the past month. "It has been choppy. Clearly ...

S&P awards Bennelong fund 'three star'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Standard & Poor's has assigned a 'three star' rating to the Bennelong SGI Global Equities fund. The ratings firm said the fund has "truly global" approach which means the portfolio's size, sector and geographical plays can be different to the benchmark. ...