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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... the March share price index contract was trading up three points at 5,796 on a volume of 3,709 contracts. A Macquarie Equities adviser, Helen Spencer, said the market was heading cautiously into record territory with strength in the resources sector ...

UK funds earn 8.8 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... for many funds the pace of increase in liabilities is still a major concern," said Hall. Driving the returns were UK equities being up 17 per cent and emerging market equities being up 16 per cent. Offsetting these gains, currency movements dragged down ...

Equities the pick of the pack in 2007: Russell

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Equities will maintain their position as the best performing asset class in 2007 thanks to strong demand, attractive valuations and a benign macroeconomic backdrop, according to Russell Investment Management. Russell Investment Management has released ...

Qld investors like it hot

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... portfolio and financial plan. Queenslanders are also more likely to invest in Australian shares instead of international equities, with 46 per cent of growth assets invested in the domestic sharemarket. The funds flows analysis only considered the five ...

Macquarie takes first in full service broking

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... combined with the deal flow and research capability of Australia's leading investment bank," Coleman said. Macquarie Equities was also confirmed as the leader in options volumes for 10 of the 12 months to 29 December 2006.

S&P shows confidence in Fidelity

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
Standard & Poor's has shown confidence in Fidelity's Global Equities Fund after a restructure which saw the fund move from a multiple portfolio manager model to a single new portfolio manager, re-issuing a rating on the fund of Three Stars New. S&P ...

Canadian pension funds score 12.9 per cent

... Dexia Investor Services. "With many of the world's major stock markets finishing the year at or near record highs, global equities were the star performers of 2006," said Don McDougall, the group's director advisory services, RBC Dexia Investor Services. ...

Investors want cash from companies

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
... one-third of fund managers believe profits will grow by more than 10 per cent over the next 12 months and most believe equities are fairly valued at present. The global survey included responses from 223 fund managers, managing a total of US$709 bill ...

Lehman Brothers acquires Grange Securities

... to Sydney as the group's chief operating officer. Grange Securities was founded in 1995 and provides fixed interest, equities, corporate advisory, asset management and private investor services. Last year it was ranked as the top Australian issuer of ...

Public companies could learn from private equity: Tyndall

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
... providing a shining example to public company directors of the level of outperformance they should be aiming for, as equities returns look set to dry up in the second half of 2007. Tyndall's head of equities, Bob Van Munster, said the stellar returns ...