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ING opens up alternatives

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... Fund will give OneAnswer clients exclusive access to a globally diversified range of investments, including long-only US equities, long/short European equities and a multi-strategy hedge fund - all with the comfort of rising capital protection. The fund ...

Time for Aussies to go global with property: APN

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... said that Australian investors had a relatively small allocation to global property, especially when compared to global equities where allocations were much higher. And while more than 40 per cent of the assets of Australian listed property trusts (LPTs) ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... share price index futures contract was up 38 points at 6034 on a volume of 8,186 contracts. ABN Amro Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said resources were leading the charge despite lower base metal prices. "BHP is probably the highlight of ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... stocks and M&A chatter helped European shares score their first five-day winning streak since recent slides in world equities. The FTSE 100 closed 21.4 points, or 0.34 per cent higher at 6,339.4, notching up a 208.8 point or 3 percent gain on the week. ...

DeAM sets sights firmly on alternatives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... (DeAM) is positioning itself to stride ahead of all comers in the alternatives space and has agreed to sell its Australian equities and fixed income businesses to Aberdeen Asset Management for around $148 million. Aberdeen, which currently manages around ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... 0702 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up 15 points to 6,013. Today is expected to be quiet on the local equities front. Listed UK asset manager, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, announces this morning that it is to acquire certain Australian ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

... up of their total portfolio - based on asset classes - where there are more funds held in emerging markets and global equities than in domestic equities. But the bigger challenge Negus said is retaining staff which is why they have introduced 'shadow ...

QIC makes room for new managers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
QIC has terminated mandates with Denver and AQR in order to make room for two new managers in the QIC International Equities Small Companies Fund, Skyhawk and ClariVest. Skyhawk, based in Memphis, Tennessee, is a high conviction fundamental stock picker ...

Walsh and Sinclair leave INVESCO

INVESCO's chief executive officer, Mick O'Brien, will take on the role as interim head of the fund's Australian equities team as they seek a replacement for Rohan Walsh who resigned this month, triggering van Eyk to reverse its decision to include INVESCO ...

Opportunities in China twice that of India: survey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
... countries. On-fifth of managers however believe other countries will take precedence. Driving the opportunities in China are equities, private equity and hedge funds. But to enter the China market, survey respondents said that joint ventures are not ...