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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... commodity price gains. "We're seeing a little bit of strength after gains in the US overnight since US stocks reached new post GFC highs," Mr Shamu said. "It's a pretty bullish lead." However, he said there were very few leads from local companies as ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... eating our stock market's dust? Case in point, as at last Friday's closing the S&P 500 index has surged by 101.9% from the GFC low hit last March 2009. Over the same period, the All Ordinaries index managed to gain only less than half of that - 41.0%. ...

OnePath changes in wake of UBS INGIM purchase

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... funds have also developed into OnePath multi-manger funds. "OnePath has re-shaped its investment strategy to reflect the post GFC market volatility and the change from ING IM to UBS," said Craig Brackenrig, ANZ general manager Superannuation & Investments. ...

Hong Kong the pick for Perennial property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... Real Estate spoke about the opportunities for 2012 against the backdrop of four years of negative returns coming out of the GFC. "If you look at the history of where a lot of the global real estate managers came from, they came with property backgrounds," ...

AREIT-ASX correlation doubles post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Listed property returns have doubled their correlation with share market returns post GFC, reinforcing concerns AREITs continue to be wedged between the stock market and the strongly performing unlisted property sector, reveals new research from Rainmaker. ...

Securitor advisers gain new access

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... assist them with education and information. "The way we provide research material and share insights has evolved since the GFC. Now there is a bigger appetite for in-depth market and product information to assist advisers in their discussions with clients," ...

Superannuation needs more regulatory resilience: ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... reference to the increased workload of the Australian regulator in light of a shift to overseeing systemic risk following the GFC, Medcraft referenced his comments to a Senate Committee last week in response to questions raised on resourcing and appropriated ...

Strong half year results for new Challenger boss

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... build on age pension entitlements with a 'bedrock' level of income." The firm's funds under management have returned to pre-GFC levels of $27.7 billion, up 27%, while total assets under management grew by 15% to $29.6 billion as of 31 December. "We're ...

Shorten urges banks to stand by staff

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... ABC radio the banks shouldn't forget the support given to them by taxpayers at the height of the global financial crisis (GFC). "It is most important that large organisations, whilst weighing up the need to increase profits and decrease costs, don't ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... amount of deleveraging in Asia, particularly in the case of European banks taking money out of the region in the wake of the GFC (around 15%), funding is not an issue for the world's second largest economy. "For Asia it's just a transitional issue, funding ...