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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower, weighed down by weakness in the big banks. HC Securities senior client adviser Mark Lennox said the banks were lower because investors had already factored in the probability of another interest rate cut ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower in the wake of negative offshore leads and lingering disappointment over trade figures out of China. "Offshore leads weren't great. In combination with that, there's a little bit of negativity from the China ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Future Fund managing director David Neal has expressed concern at the lack of safe, liquid investments available for institutional investors to deploy their vast amounts of cash. Asked at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment ...

Argo to launch infrastructure LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Argo Investments plans to launch an ASX-listed infrastructure investment company. Argo Global Listed Infrastructure Limited will be actively managed by Cohen & Steers and will invest in a diversified global listed infrastructure securities and infrastructure ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
"If you build it, they will come." Reports have it that China's fresh steps to strengthen its weakening housing market - by lowering down-payments, reducing taxes and easing restrictions on the use of retirement savings for home purchases - and expectations ...

JPM navigates super funds towards maritime income strategy

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
J. P. Morgan is looking to bring investments in global shipping to Australian superannuation funds. According to the global asset manager, yield-oriented maritime asset investments offer a combination of benefits: attractive total return potential ...

Smart beta, fixed income ETFs surge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
The rise of smart beta, currency hedged funds and fixed income funds are the biggest trends occurring in the global exchange traded fund (ETF) market, according to Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DAWM) head of South Asia passive investments Sam ...

YBR boutique wins $50 million mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
Boutique fixed income manager Smarter Money Investments, a joint venture between Coolabah Capital Investments and Yellow Brick Road, has been awarded a $50 million institutional mandate. SMI's Smarter Money Active Cash Fund (Assisted Units) also received ...

BT adds managed funds to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
BT Financial Group will add managed funds to its Panorama investment platform, which in the future will also offer individual equities and advanced portfolio management for advisers. BT Managed Portfolios will offer advisers and their clients a simple ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The share market is lower, with falls in all sectors, despite a strong lead from Wall Street. The US market rallied overnight on shockingly low retail sales data, which bolstered the case for keeping US interest rates low. The Australian market enjoyed ...