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Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... show that this is happening. It's services industry (mainly for domestic consumption because its product cannot be sold offshore) has grown to 44.6% of GDP in 2012 from below 35% of GDP 10 years ago -- nearly matching the manufacturing industry's 45.3% ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... miners weigh heavily on the ASX and were leading the broader market lower after gold prices were particularly hit hard in offshore trading after Australian businesses closed on Friday. The price of gold reached its lowest level since 2011 on Friday night ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open firmer after Wall Street posted fresh highs during offshore trading. At 0824 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points higher at 5,022 points, with 3,792 contracts traded. ...

Most equity investors upping overseas exposure: survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... investment opportunity in the coming 12 months," he added. The Skaffold survey showed that investors were attracted to offshore markets because of the range of available stocks, access to other asset classes such as technology, as well as the strength ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... based declines. Baillieu Holst director Richard Morrow said the local market fell in line with a disappointing night on offshore markets, where the Dow slipped 0.76 per cent and the S&P500 sank 1.05 per cent following the release of weak economic data. ...

RARE Infra doubles assets, boosts staff

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... these boxes," he said. RARE now manages around $4.5 billion in assets on behalf of local clients and the remainder from offshore institutions. In Canada, the group has secured an aggregate $900 million in mandates. The fund has steadily built its reputation ...

NZ Super makes key hires following Datacom investment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... New Zealand Superannuation fund and will have responsibility for the fund's direct investments both in New Zealand and offshore, including its holdings in Datacom, Z Energy, Kaingaroa and Transurban. Gormly joins the fund after 10 years with Fonterra ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... their domestic versus global equities allocation to a 50:50 following a well-argued case on the merits of investing more offshore. Attended by more than 1,000 advisers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, an investment roadshow pitted Fidelity ...

Homegrown manager bags global award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... investors. "These types of funds have limited capacity and the top amongst them are almost always fully subscribed by offshore institutions and family offices and therefore are rarely made available to retail investors," Pengana CEO Russel Pillemer said. ...

Austpac launches mortgage income fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Vincent Stranges, Austpac Investments managing director, said launching the fund was timed to coincide with the lowering of offshore funding costs for the Big Four Banks that will eventually lead to a lowering of deposit rates. "With that in mind, we ...