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Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... Rainmaker associate director of research. This meant the super fund's strategy before the GFC to maintain high weightings to equities or increase their exposure into unlisted assets such as direct property, infrastructure, hedge funds and private equity ...

BT unveils manager line up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... will implement the investment strategy via a rigorous multi-manager approach. The portfolio managers are: Australian Equities: Dustin Adams International Equities: Mark Vrkic Fixed Interest: Andrew Dowie Property: Dimitra Voutas Alternative Assets: Chris ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... survey for the June quarter and the Housing Industrial Association affordability report for the December quarter. In equities, companies reporting first half results are retailer JB Hi-Fi Ltd, IOOF Holdings Ltd, Australian Wealth Management Ltd, Ridley ...

IRESS eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... markets to its webIRESS online equity information and trading platform. During the first half of 2009, IRESS will introduce equities data from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea to its current offering of data for Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. ...

FT opens Malaysian office

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... Management Malaysia Sbn Bhd gained a capital markets and services licence in January. The firm already manages global equities, emerging markets and fixed income assets for Malaysian based institutional clients. Templeton Asset Management, which focuses ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Whew! Finally a bit of good news. Or rather investors chose to see the good rather than the bad. US equities closed last night's trading up more than 1 per cent, reversing early losses brought on by reports that initial jobless benefit claims jumped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... or 1.64 per cent, to 845.85, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 31.19, or 2.06 per cent, to 1,546.24. LONDON - Global equities were mixed on Thursday as investors digested interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone plus weaker-than-expected ...

Macquarie targets funds mgmt acquisitions

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... $78.6 billion in March last year. The big falls were in real estate securities, down from $3 to $1.6 billion and listed equities, down from $9.4 to $7 billion. The group's strength is in fixed income and currency funds, which account for $43.8 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... the March SPI futures index was 15 points higher at 3,411. There is no local data due for release on Thursday. On the equities front, Macquarie Group and developer Lend Lease offer operations and market briefings respectively. Perilya Ltd holds an extraordinary ...

Cost of share trading spikes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The cost of trading Asian and Australian equities rose by 150 per cent last year compared to a year ago after bid-ask spreads widened to abnormal levels during the credit crisis, according to research. Trading cost data and analysis provider ITG released ...