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ING partners with MBF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... ING Australia added six new investment funds to the OneAnswer platform. Most of the new funds are Australian and global equities based strategies while a listed infrastructure fund was also added to the platform.

Irish pensions suffer 25pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... the retirement prospects of pension scheme members," added Jerry Moriarty, director of policy, IAPF. Unsurprisingly, equities suffered significantly under the stress of the GFC. At the end of last year, equities accounted for just 47.8 per cent of assets ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... reached an inflection point given the release of some positive indicators over the past two weeks. French and German equities surged by more than 4 per cent while the FTSE-100 gained 3.4 per cent over the week. This despite Chancellor of the Exchequer ...

Pinnacle to distribute Capital International

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... shareholder Wilson HTM Investment Group, will establish and administer the retail version of the Capital International Equities Fund, both hedged and unhedged. The deal follows a decision by Aberdeen International to internally manage Credit Suisse's ...

GFC Problem solved

... positive trend. Surely, there will be some more bad news from lagging indicators, which would again invite a sell-off in equities, one of which would be tomorrow's US payrolls data, where the unemployment rate is expected to surge to 8.5 per cent in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... Exchange, the June share price index contract was trading 14 points higher at 3,580 on volume of 15,660 contracts. Macquarie Equities' associate director Lucinda Chan said the market was consolidating albeit on low volumes and a muted response to the ...

FTSE launches Asian sector indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... specific industries easier. "Until now, Australian investors have had the appetite but not the tools to invest in Asian equities as such a granular sector level and in a transparent and cost efficient way," said Andrews. "This allows Australian investors ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... price index contract was trading 12 points lower at 3,604 on volume of 14,557 contracts. ABN AMRO Morgans' director of equities Bill Chatterton said the local market was performing well given Wall Street's 3.7 per cent fall overnight and a modest retreat ...

NCSF to adopt weekly unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... organisations associated with the Catholic Church of Australia. NCSF invested around 30 per cent of its funds into Australian equities, 17 per cent into international equities and 13 per cent in property as at 31 December last year, according to Rainmaker ...

Back to the drawing board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... more consistent, the adjustment process would have been smoother. Sure, we would have experienced a sharp decline in equities, commodities, economic growth, etc. but the pain would not be as prolonged, and the longer it goes, another dimension to the ...