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Hyperion AM most-improved for 2012: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... 16. Strategic positions on general insurers provided the "biggest bang for bucks" at Antares, as well as holdings in healthcare group CSL, a spokesperson said. Australian shares manager Independent returned just 1.1% to finish in last place on the performance ...

Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
US President Barack Obama's re-election has removed uncertainty about the direction of banking and healthcare policies posing a raft of opportunities for investors, according to Origin Asset Management's John Birkhold. Four more years of Obama has removed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... capital expenditure was due out later this week. "All of that adds up to a lot of sitting on hands," Mr McCarthy said. Healthcare was the best-performing sector on the market, having climbed 3.98 per cent, according to IRESS data. The sector was boosted ...

Double-digit Asian equity returns in 2013: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... the market up next year," he said. "The relief of avoiding a hard-landing will be very beneficial to Asian cyclicals. Healthcare has long been a favourite sector of ours from a valuation perspective while non-bank financials will benefit from economic ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... deteriorating fiscal budgets." He says that one way that investors can play this theme is to allocate to assets focused on the healthcare sector where demand is likely to increase as populations get older. Another long-term trend set to impact investment ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... classification standard) producing positive returns last month. Five sectors - consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, healthcare and utilities - recorded negative returns in the month of September. It could be that - as most commentators commented ...

Hood Sweeney announces three new directors

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... Hood Sweeney, Nicholas delivers specialist tax advice and offers tailored recommendations to medical professionals and healthcare businesses, and provides complex taxation advice on business and investment structures, commercial, superannuation and estate ...

AustEthical ready for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... naturally defensive. As a case in point, Lonsec noted that the Australian Ethical Large Companies Fund is overweight in the healthcare, utilities and enviro sectors, while the biotech sector is also being specifically targeted.

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... on a PE of 8 times, which is incredibly cheap." Meanwhile, defensive stocks which include consumables such as food, healthcare, telecoms, and utilities are running on PEs much higher that most other sectors, after market uncertainty caused investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... public holiday. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, paced by big movers Fletcher Building, Vector, Telecom and Ryman Healthcare. Fisher and Paykel Appliances rose after its independent directors urged shareholders to reject Haier's takeover offer. ...