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Pension funds look in-house for governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... greater complexities of alternative assets," according to the report. UK pension funds have maintained a bias towards equities, with an average of 58 per cent of portfolios invested in the asset class. However, this figure has fallen from 68 per cent ...

Prime Super switches custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... alternative investments, particularly private equity, absolute return funds and infrastructure, to gain alpha. The fund's equities portfolios are passively managed through index funds. "We've been a reasonably conservative fund and we recognised we weren't ...

Invesco hires ex-JANA exec to lead Aus eq quant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... Investment Advisers, Macquarie Bank and Ord Minnett Securities. He was also the senior portfolio manager in Australian equities at Barclays Global Investors. "The IQS investment approach offers the added benefit of being able to build long/short portfolios ...

JV eases Opes Prime woes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... between the online stockbroker and Opes Prime. The purchase enables Trader Dealer to provide "execution only services" in equities, options and futures warrants for its clients, with contracts for difference (CFD) capabilities expected in the near future. ...

Flight of the squeamish

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... yields firmed within most countries as investors sought refuge in 'safe-haven' government bonds amid concerns over falling equities and poor bank liquidity. Taking its cue from the US Treasury's robust lead, Australia's 3-month bank bill rate increased ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... Exchange the June share price index contract was 24 points higher at 5689, on a volume of 11,518 contracts. Macquarie Equities client adviser David Halliday said gains by the resource stocks were compensating for the falls in the banking sector and keeping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US equities and metals, including gold and copper, increased overnight. At 0749 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,679. In ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... 21.140 Polartech -.130 Rio Tinto - 124.170 TelstraCp - 4.420 WestpacBk - 23.400 Woolwrths - 28.800 MORE dlm/pe Macquarie Equities client adviser David Halliday said Australian shares had followed a strong lead from the US. "There was some surprisingly ...

CFS GAM expands global resources

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... the resources sector after nine years in the mining industry as a metallurgist. He previously spent three years as an equities analyst at Colonial First State. He has also worked at Canadian based, David W Tice & Associates as lead portfolio manager ...

Credit Suisse buys AXE stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Credit Suisse has purchased a stake in the alternative equities trading platform, AXE Electronic Communications Network (ECN). AXE ECN is a fast, low cost way of trading securities by avoiding stock markets, whereby a broker matches buyers and sellers ...