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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
... lost 24 points to 5076, on a volume of 8,478. "Overall it is certainly pretty lacklustre across the board," Macquarie Equities private client adviser Helen Spencer said. "The market is certainly following the US weakness overnight on interest rate concerns ...

Pengana's hedge fund arm finds a new home

... James Packer and former UBS investment bank chairman, Chris Mackay, who will also be launching a new long only global equities fund. The new consortium will be named Magellan Financial Group and will operate both as a global fund manager with a long ...

Multiplex property fund closes oversubscribed

... oversubscribed thanks to strong retail demand. "This is one of the largest property sector retail offerings in the Australian equities market since 2003. We are delighted by the overwhelmingly positive response from investors," said Ian O'Toole, the ...

Barclays wins S&P top prize

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... Asset Management, boutique fund manager of the year, and BT, who were awarded in three sectors, including Australian equities and both balanced funds neutral and dynamic. In spite of BT's strong representation across the three sectors, they failed to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... equipment. This was up 8.8 per cent compared to state and local government spending which was up 0.7 per cent. The Australian equities market's earnings season is finishing on a high note with more than 200 companies having now reported and of them only ...

Grange appoints director to grow FUM

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... central move in their strategy to increase funds under management, leveraging Grange's skill base across fixed interest and equities markets and corporate finance. "We intend to use Bjorn's experience across a broad spectrum of financial products and ...

It's Perennial all over again: Macoun

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... quantitative boutique fund manager, Plato Investment Management, run by former State Street Global Advisors head of Australian equities and head of active equities Asia Pacific, Don Hamson. Under the deal Macoun together with Wilson HTM, part owner of ...

State Super hands mandates to Fidelity and Alliance Bernstein

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
State Super Financial Services Australia (State Super) has awarded Australian equities mandates to Fidelity for $150 million and to Alliance Bernstein for $300 million. State Super general manager investment and chief investment officer, Oscar Fabian ...

NZ Super Fund scores big but cautions on the future

... per cent, achieved 16.9 per cent above the risk free rate. Adding to this, the 3.6 per cent foray into emerging markets equities generated 37.7 per cent above the risk free rate while the 8.6 per cent allocated to global small caps equities returned ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... Futures Exchange the September share price index contract was steady at 5010, on a volume of 5,896 contracts. Macquarie Equities adviser Helen Spencer said the market remained cautious despite a recovery in the bourse towards the end of last week. "It ...